Summary of Lecture Benjamin Bratton: What is Planetary Scale Computation For?

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In his lecture "What is planetary scale computation for?", Benjamin Bratton argues that this technology is important because it can help us understand and manage our planet and our own existence. He suggests that we need a philosophy of technology that is critically aware of its own history and situated within the context of human history as a whole in order to create a viable planetary system.

00:00:00 In his talk "Lecture Benjamin Bratton: What is Planetary Scale Computation For?", Benjamin Bratton discusses the role of planetary scale computation in politics and society. He suggests that thestack, a megastructure created by digital platforms and other forms of planetary scale computation, is an accidental megastructure that has led to a blurring of the boundaries between the technical and institutional spheres.
00:05:00 The talk discusses how planetary scale computation can be used to understand geopolitics and climate science. It also talks about how this technology has the potential to help steer society in a more sustainable direction.
00:10:00 This lecture discusses how scale computation can help to change the way society is modeled and understand, and how this can be a problem. It argues that the way society is currently modeled is a problem and that we need to go deeper than just the individual to understand society.
00:15:00 This lecture discusses the significance of planetary scale computation, which is an epistemic technology that allows us to act upon the world in ways that were not possible before. Planetary scale computation is a geological and geophilosophical fact, and one of the ways it is significant is that it was made using data produced by a network of telescopes that were not conventional cameras.
00:20:00 In this lecture, Benjamin Bratton discusses planetary scale computation, which he defines as the means of liberation and articulation of public reason, collective intelligence, and technical abstraction. He explains that this concept is important because it focuses the question on planetary governance.
00:25:00 The lecture discusses planetary scale computation, which is a field of study that focuses on the use of computers to solve large-scale problems. Planetary scale computation is important because it can help us understand and manage our planet and our own existence. The lecture also discusses the history of planetary scale computation and its relationship to globalization.
00:30:00 In his lecture, Benjamin Bratton discusses the importance of planetary scale computation and how it is necessary for a future geophilosophy. He argues that, in order to think and know through a planetary condition, both astronomy and geophysics must be geophysical in attitude. He goes on to say that, in order to achieve this, numeracy—including accounting—must be included as part of a new pedagogy. This would necessitate the conjunction of philosophical and astronomical planetaryity.
00:35:00 Bratton argues that, in order to create a viable planetary system, we need to move away from our focus on technology as an inherently bad force, and towards a more holistic perspective that takes into account both the organic and the technical aspects of our world. He suggests that, in order to achieve this, we need a philosophy of technology that is critically aware of its own history and situated within the context of human history as a whole.
00:40:00 In this lecture, Benjamin Bratton discusses the concept of planetary scale computation, which he defines as a subject of reason that is constituted by its objectivity. He points out that this subject would replace the anthropos under scrutiny for any philosophy of technology, as it would be constituted by its planetarity. He goes on to discuss the implications of this concept for the anthropocene, and argues that there is a considerable impatience with what is taken to be post-deconstructions still confined to a textuality at the root of all things. He suggests that the human in all of us disguises itself only as nothing, and that more approaches than this are necessary in order to understand the materialization of language and the formation of populations over time.
00:45:00 This lecture discusses how planetary scale computing is essential for understanding the past, present, and future of the world. It points out that this technology has been used for many different purposes, including war and weather forecasting. The lecture concludes by saying that while planetary scale computing is important, it should not be underestimated or demonized.
00:50:00 In his lecture "What is planetary scale computation for?" Benjamin Bratton argues that the imperative to computationalize the world equates to the scope of reason and, as such, becomes the exclusive scope of relevant truth. He goes on to conclude that the real relevant truth is to be found not only by the reincorporation and revalorization of whatever modes of thinking computation excludes, but also by the overcoming of computation itself. Joan Bembe's commitment to critical reason and theoretical thinking makes him call for the application of the power of computation to the task of decolonization.
00:55:00 Benjamin Bratton discusses the importance of planetary scale computation for the humanities, and criticizes reductive and partisan understandings of it. He argues that the humanities need to be aware of the incomputable and the uncalculable and to explore ways in which computation can help us understand them.

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In this lecture, Benjamin Bratton discusses the benefits of planetary scale computation, and how it can help us to solve some of the world's biggest problems. He explains how this type of computation can be used to understand things like climate change, and how it can help us to compose a subject of reason that is not reliant on the colonial legacy of reason.