| We are told that our lives go too fast and it depends on our ever-increasing need to innovate, work more, enjoy more, produce more, and consume more. That's a familiar story. Another strange story to tell here: those who think we're not fast enough. Instead of rejecting the growing rhythm of capitalist production, they argue that we should embrace and accelerate it. Malign Velocities rejects this conclusion, tracing this "accelerationism" as a symptom of labor misery and suffering under capitalism. A look back at a series of historical moments of accelerationism - Italian Futurism; communist accelerationism after the Russian Revolution; "cyberpunkism" of the 90s and 00s; unconscious fantasy of our integration with machines; apocalyptic moments of crisis after 2008 acceleration;
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