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THE REVENGE OF THE REAL - BENJAMIN H BRATTON KA...

The Revenge of the Real envisions a new positive biopolitics that recognises that how
populations govern themselves is literally a matter of life and death. We are grappling with
multiple interconnected dilemmas - climate change  pandemics  the tensions between the
individual and society - all of which have to be addressed on a planetary scale. Even when
separated  we are still enmeshed. Can the world govern itself differently? If so  what models
and philosophies are needed? Bratton argues that  instead of thinking of technology as
something that happens to society  we must see how it can form the basis of a politics of
infrastructure  knowledge  and direct intervention. He urges us to reconsider questions of
surveillance in the face of necessary testing and care. He asks what did the mask wars reveal
about the destructive nature of individualism as the basis of sovereignty? The book proposes
that it is time to transform how we live  work and thrive. Rethinking governance means
rethinking how we interact with each other as a global population  and how we ensure our
obligations to each other. For this  we should build a society based in a new rationality of
inclusion  care and foresight.

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