Especially interested in Evolutionary Theory as Master theory, Interactionist Relationism versus Methodological Individualism, Praxeology after the Linguistic-Pragmatic Turn, Conceptions of Freedom, SOCIETY, ECONOMY, THESES. So basically almost everything is of top tier interest.
Perhaps these can enter the picture too:
1. Mediation/ specifically Mass Media Theory/ Network Effects as related to decentralization of society, even beyond social media. My conviction is that the blockchain-based Metaverse is the 8th mass media after the seven conventionally recognized ones: Print (1450), Recordings (1877), Cinema (1900), Radio (1910), Television (1925) Internet (1990), Mobile Phones (2000). The Metaverse’s potential for decentralization of social/ financial/ political systems. What comes after Sarnoff/Metcalfe/Reed’s Laws of network effects?
2. Urbanism/Architecture’s contribution to freedom (spun from points you made in your UFM lecture)
3. Appendices/Case studies of libertarian startup societies/cities and Metaverse DAOs
yes, I think its possible to classify the metaverse as mass medium .. however, perhaps in terms of media of dissemination its still a version of the internet: the immersive internet.
I prefer to categorize the metaverse in terms of societal function systems: in this respect the metaverse (and indeed the 2D internet also) belongs in the same category as the physical designed environments, functioning with respect to the spatio-visual framing (organisation and articulation) of social communication processes. If we take the metaverse provision as the provision of a frame then the content is not prejudiced: business, art, education, mass entertainment, journalism. The concept of mass media (paradigm: radio, Cinema, TV) is usually constraining content to news, infotainment, entertainment, fiction. Therefore Luhmann uses the phrase "mass media" to denote a distinct function system that includes news, infotainment, entertainment, fiction with the societal function to generate and continuously update a society-wide shared world view as necessary horizon of understanding.
Perhaps I will revert to my earlier claim that Blockchain is the 8th mass media (distinguished from earlier mass medias by its’ decentralized characteristics, in a sense “broadcasting” the presence of persistent personas, currencies, applications, communities, and entrepreneurial activity), and categorize the metaverse “in terms of social systems”, which really makes more sense in relation to its capacities.
Markets and Discourses - A Theory of World Society’s Best Future
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It’s the most accessible and least text bookish. I think it will garner wider readership.
#2 favorite:
Markets and Discourses - A Philosophy in Defence of a Radical Stateless Capitalism
👇
IMO this would appeal to a radical niche reader aligned with your libertarian values.
#3 current title:
For reasons I discussed with you before, I think the west (at least the US) lost its’ appetite for a libertarian “revolution” following January 6 capital building attack by Q-Anon radicals.
Especially interested in Evolutionary Theory as Master theory, Interactionist Relationism versus Methodological Individualism, Praxeology after the Linguistic-Pragmatic Turn, Conceptions of Freedom, SOCIETY, ECONOMY, THESES. So basically almost everything is of top tier interest.
Perhaps these can enter the picture too:
1. Mediation/ specifically Mass Media Theory/ Network Effects as related to decentralization of society, even beyond social media. My conviction is that the blockchain-based Metaverse is the 8th mass media after the seven conventionally recognized ones: Print (1450), Recordings (1877), Cinema (1900), Radio (1910), Television (1925) Internet (1990), Mobile Phones (2000). The Metaverse’s potential for decentralization of social/ financial/ political systems. What comes after Sarnoff/Metcalfe/Reed’s Laws of network effects?
2. Urbanism/Architecture’s contribution to freedom (spun from points you made in your UFM lecture)
3. Appendices/Case studies of libertarian startup societies/cities and Metaverse DAOs
yes, I think its possible to classify the metaverse as mass medium .. however, perhaps in terms of media of dissemination its still a version of the internet: the immersive internet.
I prefer to categorize the metaverse in terms of societal function systems: in this respect the metaverse (and indeed the 2D internet also) belongs in the same category as the physical designed environments, functioning with respect to the spatio-visual framing (organisation and articulation) of social communication processes. If we take the metaverse provision as the provision of a frame then the content is not prejudiced: business, art, education, mass entertainment, journalism. The concept of mass media (paradigm: radio, Cinema, TV) is usually constraining content to news, infotainment, entertainment, fiction. Therefore Luhmann uses the phrase "mass media" to denote a distinct function system that includes news, infotainment, entertainment, fiction with the societal function to generate and continuously update a society-wide shared world view as necessary horizon of understanding.
Ah, yes. Of course! Makes total sense. Thanks!
Perhaps I will revert to my earlier claim that Blockchain is the 8th mass media (distinguished from earlier mass medias by its’ decentralized characteristics, in a sense “broadcasting” the presence of persistent personas, currencies, applications, communities, and entrepreneurial activity), and categorize the metaverse “in terms of social systems”, which really makes more sense in relation to its capacities.
Regarding title…
My #1 favorite:
Markets and Discourses - A Theory of World Society’s Best Future
👇
It’s the most accessible and least text bookish. I think it will garner wider readership.
#2 favorite:
Markets and Discourses - A Philosophy in Defence of a Radical Stateless Capitalism
👇
IMO this would appeal to a radical niche reader aligned with your libertarian values.
#3 current title:
For reasons I discussed with you before, I think the west (at least the US) lost its’ appetite for a libertarian “revolution” following January 6 capital building attack by Q-Anon radicals.