What a marvel!
Let’s hope no semiologist gets hurt reading this piece :)

Art is becoming increasingly essential in asserting our cultural autonomy against a technological determinism that, more often than not, exists solely in the minds of those who take the Gartner Hype Cycle as gospel and the marketing of major consulting firms as sacred writ.

The space of critique is our salvation.
The future is a space for self-determination.

[Link to article: Meet the Artist Using Ritual Magic to Trap Self-Driving Cars – Vice]

https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-artist-using-ritual-magic-to-trap-self-driving-cars-2/

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