- plausible, adjective
- plau·si·ble | \ ˈplȯ-zə-bəl \
appearing worthy of belief - possible, adjective
- pos·si·ble | \ ˈpä-sə-bəl \
being within the limits of ability, capacity, or realization
We’re here to map the plausible possible, plotting the liberatory potential of the dynamics of the future.
Let’s build our thriving in the cracks of the crumbling old worlds. Read the statement of purpose →
What this is
A small collective publication that ran from January 2021 to April 2022 — complexity science, networked conflict, mutual aid, solarpunk and science fiction, written for leftists and anti-authoritarians and cited properly. Four bylines, thirty-six thousand words, and then it stopped.
This is its complete archive, self-hosted and stable. It is not coming back as a running blog. Its value is that it is finished and dated: a set of arguments about networked conflict, information war and institutional brittleness, written down before the last five years happened, at URLs that will still resolve when someone wants to check what was actually claimed.
The report
Adapting to Transform Networked Conflict
How complexity is our greatest asset · February 2021
A nine-chapter essay series on complexity, resistance and networked conflict. In 2021 it shipped as a PDF, a printable zine, an EPUB and a torrent — and as five standalone posts out of the nine its own contents page promised.
The remaining 4 chapters are published here for the first time. They were recovered verbatim from the report’s own embedded text layer — no OCR, no reconstruction, unfinished sentences and typos left exactly as printed.
- Read the series →
- Full report (PDF)46 pages · 2.8 MB
Selected entries
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In Search of Afro-Solarpunk zine
Hello! We’re thrilled to share a new zine entitled “In Search of Afro-Solarpunk.” It’s actually a compilation of parts 1 and 2 of this series, written by…
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What Conspiratorial Thinking Conceals
It has become passe to note that the last decade has seen a rise in conspiratorial thinking. The rise of the internet and the subsequent democratization…
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Deepfakes, Disinformation, and Systems Disruption
The last two decades have seen digital information warfare become a central part of politics across the world. Traditionally, states such as Russia have…
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vTaiwan: A case study in scaling coordination
Probably the most important question a society faces is how to enable collective action at scale. The complex tapestry of norms, ethics, religions…
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Harnessing emerging media: Let’s make, like, really cool propaganda.
When one thinks about the future of media, it’s hard not to imagine the “walls” in Fahrenheit 451: futuristic, interactive, immersive, with the high…
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The Breakdown of Westphalia
The 30 Years War in Central Europe ended in 1648. It was a catastrophic event that resulted in at least 4.5 million deaths. The war resulted in the peace…