Re: <nettime> recreation

In today's most divisive of times, things (on social media and elsewhere) have become horribly exacerbated. Some people are deliberately abusive, in order to stake out their claim to whatever particular brand of domination drives them. Other people prefer to censure themselves or remain silent, rather than risk being construed as being abusive or suffering backlash, in spaces perceived as being unsafe.

The truth be told, Nettime has become a very quiet place over the past years, where discussion has been mostly sporadic. Yet the endorsements that Nettime has been receiving from so many people, over this period of its current "remaking", are deeply moving. Nettime deserves a renaissance in which we really start talking to one another again, disagreeing if need be, in a spirit of constructive decency.

This comes with the urgency of a world which is in terrible need of "remaking", whose "leaders" have no greater horizon than "business as usual". Nettime is a haven where there is so much collective intelligence that can be applied to that essential goal.

Feelin this, Joe.

The term I’ve been running across, and enjoying, lately has been “reworlding.”

An emergent practice to hold space for what’s next.

Based on Yelamu Ohlone land / in San Francisco. I was never on the Well, but ran across a fair number who were back in the day. Glad to see folks still around.

Peace, Louis (he / him, if you’re inclined to refer to me)

louisrawlins.com

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