About this episode

Matt Southey discusses the philosophy of Nick Land and the implications of accelerationism for the future.

"Nothing human makes it out of the near future." - Nick Land Matt Southey is a leading expert on the philosophy of Nick Land with a PhD in Religion from Rice University. He is also the founding editor of The Latecomer , an online magazine which publishes essays on the long-term future. Matt's excellent piece on "A Brief History of Accelerationism" can be found here . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Kazandjian

Guest: Matt Southey

Topics covered

• philosophy
• accelerationism
• future studies
• Nick Land
• religion
• society

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Latecomer, Rice University

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