The Anti-Dystopians

Gen AI challenges the idea that tech under capitalism means increased productivity, so trade unions should demand a greater share of the benefits. It reveals instead the underlying truth of an all out attack on workers and planet, and a lust for for power at any cost.

"Swift, who has, with startling efficiency, recast herself into a figure even President Trump can admire. She is playing the same game that he mastered." 🎸 @lilymayaisaacs: Taylor Swift and Donald Trump are the same #Echobox=1756387083-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newstatesman.com/politics/media…

I'm a big fan of @AlinaUtrata's scholarship & her podcast @AntiDystopians - so it was exciting to guest on the show and talk about my new book, the history of dystopia, & the techno-authoritarian nexus forming between DC and Silicon Valley. Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/alinautrat…

Check out our podcast guest Rowena Squires in @jacobin and listen to her archive episode here! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

After WWII, a Nazi rocket engineer, the US government, and Disney teamed up to sell space travel to Americans via films and theme parks. NASA and Disney still use the same playbook, but today their space films keep flopping at the box office. 📰 : jacobin.com/2025/08/disney…

Disney has made several big-budget films with the backing of the US government to sell space travel to a new generation. But audiences don’t seem to care. jacobin.com/2025/08/disney…

The incredible Rowena Squires in @jacobin on the history of outer space and Disney. A must read. jacobin.com/2025/08/disney…

A must read about space 🚀🚀🚀

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Just wrote a piece on the 'counter-university' as a resistant response to AI in higher education - looks like we're going to need a solidarity movement that takes in primary and secondary as well (and probably pre-school!).

most of my friends have socially meaningful jobs so i cannot convince them to join me at the beach on a tuesday. david graeber failed to consider this.

also, icymi: 1) 'Questions for Anthropic (or any other LLM-pusher)' danmcquillan.org/questions_for_… 2) 'The role of the University is to resist AI' danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar.h…

'The Anti-Dystopian's Guide to GenAI for students & educators - What is GenAI, Why is it Bad, and How Can Higher Education Resist It?' alinautrata.substack.com/p/the-anti-dys… This guide from @AlinaUtrata is 🔥🔥🔥

Am trying to avoid using this site, but I put together an @AntiDystopians guide to GenAI for educators and students. What it is, how its bad, and why we should stop using it. Feel free to use/distribute/modify for your own classrooms or purposes. alinautrata.substack.com/p/the-anti-dys…

Thanks @phenomenalworld for publishing my essay ‘Offshoring the Planet’

@AntiDystopians Also available as PDF app.box.com/s/vs5dmhr9g91s…

NEW ARTICLE: Duncan Bell & Apolline Taillandier, "Cosmos-Politanism: Transhumanist Visions of Global Order from the First World War to the Digital Age," Perspectives on Politics (2024) @BlazeFutures bit.ly/3D5vUY5

This was such an eye opening episode to record … if you’ve seen WALL-E be sure to listen to @RowenaSquires!

Our episode with @RowenaSquires is now available! If you're looking for tv recommendations, we discuss WALL-E, Treasure Planet, Lilo & Stitch, and more... As well as how Disney's ex-Nazi rocket scientist sold space and Space Mountain Listen below! open.substack.com/pub/alinautrat…

Through tracing the historical connections between South Africa and Silicon Valley, this conversation reveals the shared legacies of eugenics, racial capitalism, and technological development. With @karayiannides on @AntiDystopians buff.ly/3ZqLRQ0