Benoit Dillet

Overcoming the sad affects of the energy transition Join us for an instalment of the Weather, Climate, and Health Research Theme's online talk series.

Join us for another online seminar in the Weather, Climate & Health IMH theme series. Dr @benoitdillet.bsky.social (Bath) will talk on "Overcoming the sad affects of the energy transition" (w/ Sophia Hatzisavvidou), further marking their new book ("Transition Imaginaries"). Free registration ⬇️

Transition Imaginaries Cambridge Core - International Relations and International Organisations - Transition Imaginaries

💥 Really happy to see Transition Imaginaries published online 💥

In this book, @drsophiah.bsky.social and I critically question the affective attachments and political conceptions of technology in current projects of energy transition.

(Published with Open Access)

doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Transition Imaginaries Cambridge Core - International Relations and International Organisations - Transition Imaginaries

💥 Really happy to see Transition Imaginaries published online 💥

In this book, @drsophiah.bsky.social and I critically question the affective attachments and political conceptions of technology in current projects of energy transition.

(Published with Open Access)

doi.org/10.1017/9781...

New Special Issue!

New Special Issue on Eco-emotions from guest editors
Mihaela Mihai and Danielle Celermajer.

environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...

Our broader contribution is to bring together environmental political theory with philosophy of technology. There can be no decarbonisation of our society without a critical examination of the question of technology (our addiction and faith in tech too). I'm excited to discuss it in various forums

In the text, we examine the political, temporal, affective and technological dimensions of the energy transition. We show that net-zero futures are often linked to unquestioned and monolithic understandings of technology. We also point to alternative paths to organise the green transition.

I cannot wait for this beauty to come out in the new few weeks 🔥🔥 I am really proud of all the work that has gone into this small book. I enjoyed collaborating with @drsophiah.bsky.social and witnessing the synergy we produced www.cambridge.org/core/element...

While the global elites are busy ignoring climate change, there is a shared sense of shame at the state of our damaged planet. See below my new article (open access) on this if you’re interested 🌏

Any comments / responses welcome

Is Starmer’s Labour far right?

This question sounds absurd, but today, it is not only necessary but urgent to ask for anyone who still cares about democracy

My thoughts on @reacpolrn.bsky.social

reacpol.net/starmer-far-...

Must read essay from Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor!

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

“We are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world – on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species. The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death.”

Blog: Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism (Benoit Dillet) - Reactionary Politics Research Network Blog post by Benoit Dillet, member of the RPRN, first published on the Blog of the American Philosophical Association (APA).

📢New Blog📢

Our member, @benoitdillet.bsky.social, discusses the rise of technofascism and the role of Artificial Intelligence in enabling new forms of tyranny.

reacpol.net/technofascism/

Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism | Void Network Why call this mode of governing technofascism? Fascists have swapped their black boots and black shirts for keyboards, but their misogyny and their aggressive culture persist.

“Technofascism seized power by promoting a familiar image of technology rooted in an innovation-centric history—that is, predominantly white, male and wealthy.” Republished by the Greek collective Void Network voidnetwork.gr/2025/03/11/t...

at this stage, there's a robust body of work exposing the unreliability and limitations of llms but what will it take for governments, businesses, and other large institutions to rid critical social infrastructure off llms

Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism | Void Network Why call this mode of governing technofascism? Fascists have swapped their black boots and black shirts for keyboards, but their misogyny and their aggressive culture persist.

“Technofascism seized power by promoting a familiar image of technology rooted in an innovation-centric history—that is, predominantly white, male and wealthy.” Republished by the Greek collective Void Network voidnetwork.gr/2025/03/11/t...

Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism Technologies produce disorientation Since the release of ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022 and the extraordinary AI hype that has followed in the last two years, we have witnessed a repositioning of Big Te...

I wrote a short article on technofascism and the importance of naming our present conjuncture: blog.apaonline.org/2025/03/10/t...

Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism Technologies produce disorientation Since the release of ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022 and the extraordinary AI hype that has followed in the last two years, we have witnessed a repositioning of Big Te...

I wrote a short article on technofascism and the importance of naming our present conjuncture: blog.apaonline.org/2025/03/10/t...

“The US of AI,” public draft of a talk given yesterday at Princeton.

drive.google.com/file/d/1O2qk...

@earthliberationart.bsky.social @reacpolrn.bsky.social

"The daily press and the telegraph, which in a moment spreads inventions over the whole earth, fabricate more myths (and the bourgeois cattle believe and enlarge upon them) in one day than could have formerly been done in a century" Karl Marx 1871

Excellent essay by R. H. Lossin on our contemporary culture/aesthetics of technofascism www.e-flux.com/criticism/65...

This is hilarious and frightening too… the tech oligarchs will now cry to ask for more money from the US state

‘Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley The industry’s liberal reputation is misleading. Its reactionary tendencies – celebrating wealth, power and traditional masculinity – have been clear since the dotcom mania of the 1990s

For @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about how Silicon Valley’s right-wing politics go back to the dotcom mania of the 1990s — and how they’re far more central to the tech industry than we’ve previously thought

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

Petite ferme ! YouTube video by Confédération paysanne

"Petite ferme", détournement du célèbre rap "Petit frère" d'I AM par la @confpaysanne.bsky.social

Ici on aime bien. Et vous ?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LKr...

This is incredibly worrying & dangerous. Looks like a clear indication of how large social media platforms are now actively becoming a part of an #authoritarian shift in US politics & beyond.

Inescapable AI — TechTonic Justice

“About 30.6 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making through the prior authorization processes in private health insurance.”
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...

How a handful of X accounts took Elon Musk ‘down the rabbit hole’ on UK politics Tech billionaire’s posts about grooming gangs scandal have elevated issue

“Musk has seemingly become the first tech leader to fall down the rabbit hole of radicalisation by his own product” - except he re-designed the political affordances of Twitter, it is not accidental but deliberate. He’s a troll that managed to escape the confines of Twitter on.ft.com/40mRyAq