#48 - Matt Southey | A Gentle Introduction to Nick Land

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

Keywords

• Nick Land
• Matt Southey
• accelerationism
• philosophy
• future
• The Latecomer
• Rice University

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Latecomer, Rice University

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