New Simondon PDF

A long while ago on this blog, I posted up a PDF of the only English translation of Gilbert Simondon's On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects. But my lack of technical skills meant that the original PDF was an image that readers were unable to copy and paste selections from. However, one intrepid reader, Angelos, undertook the effort to convert it to text, and added an index and clickable footnotes, making it a much more user-friendly PDF. So I'm posting up Angelos' new version, with a sincere thanks for his work on this:

http://nsrnicek.googlepages.com/SimondonGilbert.OnTheModeOfExistence.pdf

Genocide Monitoring and Early Warning

In light of discussions about militancy, responsibility, activism, and the usefulness (or not) of various academic writing, it seems really appropriate to point to a quick way you can make a significant difference right now.

Google is currently taking votes for Project 10 to the 100, where a number of projects are up for voting, with the winner receiving $10 million of funding and the support of Google's impressive technical team.

Far and away the most important idea is to create a genocide monitoring and alert system, where the entire international community can coordinate and become aware of the potential for genocides before they occur.

From Google:

"Much of the necessary technology and data-gathering methodology already exists both for general crisis mapping and for early warning systems capable of preventing mass atrocities. A key remaining step is to make this data more widely available to strengthen international aid agency coordination, improve resource allocation, develop timely policy and help evaluate current humanitarian practices."

PLEASE VOTE HERE - The deadline for voting is October 8th, so don't put it off; take the 10 seconds to vote.

(h/t Stop Genocide Blog)