Author: Alan N. Shapiro

  • Claude Lefort, Political Philosopher, by Alan N. Shapiro

    Politics as it is practiced in America is obsolete. It is a simulation of democracy. It seems to have very little to do with democracy any more. How do we get back to (or, more accurately, move forward to) being a real democracy? Here’s my answer: By understanding the lifework of Claude Lefort.

  • Today is a Sacred Day

    As a New York Jets fans, today is a sacred day. An inspiring day in my life was January 12, 1969. Super Bowl III. I was 12 years old. My brother and I watched the game on a small black-and-white TV. We saw the Jets, who were 19 point underdogs, beat the mighty Baltimore Colts.

  • Conference on Quantum Culture in Venice

    After the conference on Digital Culture in Milan, I arrived in Venice. I took the Vaporetto number 2 towards my hotel. I meditated about how I have had enough of conferences about Digital Culture. During this Vaporetto ride, the answer dawns on me: we need to develop the paradigm of Quantum Culture.

  • Learning to Love Androids: The Wondrous World of the Universal Scholar Alan Shapiro, by Florian Fricke

    Learning to Love Androids: The Wondrous World of the Universal Scholar Alan N. Shapiro by Florian Fricke translated from the German by Lenny “Nails” Dykstra Bayerischer Rundfunk Radio, ZÜNDFUNK Broadcast: June 13, 2010, 22:05 – 23:00 The American Alan N. Shapiro is a technologist and futurist, on the basis of philosophy and sociology.

  • Baudrillard, Globalization and Terrorism, by Douglas Kellner

    Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and subsequent Terror War, Jean Baudrillard has written a series of reflections on the contemporary moment that have evoked the excitement and controversy of his earlier work. For many years, Baudrillard had complained that the contemporary era has been one of “weak events.”

  • Baudrillard und Trek-nologie, von Alan N. Shapiro

    Beginnen wir mit dem Ende der sechziger Jahre in New York, dem Ort meiner Kindheit. Als guter Jude sollte ich eine jüdische Erziehung bekommen. Stattdessen liebte ich Star Trek. Alles, was ich weiß, habe ich von Star Trek gelernt. Unter anderem auch, die Naturwissenschaften zu lieben. Das machte mich zu einem guten Amerikaner.