Today's neologism: "Accelerationista". Who are they? What do they stand for?

I've also told the stories of accelerating change. Especially in the run up to Dec 2012. And I'm still fascinated by the implications of exponential growth with short doubling periods. But as I get older I wonder where the change is. In many respects 2014 doesn't feel that different from the 1974 of my youth. 2054 could easily be more like 2014 than different. But that presupposes continuing 3% growth in global GDP with sufficient available energy to fund that growth. And that's something I increasingly doubt is sustainable for another 40 years.

Found here.
http://www.electronicbeats.net/en/features/columns/pattern-recognition/pattern-recognition-vol-9-cold-forecast/

Incidentally, this is a most interesting essay. It touches on something I've been vaguely aware of. And that's a move in music towards a very cold, clean, antiseptic version of electronic maximalism. It's not just people like Rustie, Logos, Lone, Jam City. But also in erstwhile dirty dubstep producers like Shackleton of Skull Disco apparently recapitulating the kind of ultra clean synth programming of the German Kosmische Musik groups of the late 70s like Tangerine Dream - ‎Neu! - ‎Faust - ‎Amon Düül II.

How are we supposed to react emotionally to musics that make one think of climate change refugees breaking down CCTV secured border fences and then being bombed by drones. Are we closing in on a future where we are all Palestinians and this music is just reflecting that?  That's a pretty dark view. Previous music that provided a commentary on war tended to emphasise the dirt and messiness of warfare. This music is emphasising the cleanness of drone warfare waged from cubical farms in air-conditioned offices with water coolers, office hours, powerpoint and donuts.
 Pattern Recognition Vol. 9: Cold Forecast »
This month, Adam Harper—the premier writer on new, underground music—considers musical futurism and finds a paradox in its chilly anti-humanism.

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