Polybius by Sinneslöschen, Nitro Zeus
Notes on Memesis and Death
SCOTT BENZEL
FEB 07, 2025
Caption: Polybius / Nicolas Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego, 1637-38
Figure text: POLYBIUS © 1981 SINNESLÖSCHEN, INC.
...in tragedy the plausible takes…As Polybius of Arcadia, captive of Rome, champion of facticity and ‘universal history’ against tragedy and spectacle, fades, his namesake game, one (of many) early vectors overwhelming facticity with spectacular memesis and incipient necrop…
Alex Gibney
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Alex Gibney appears here only as a passing reference in a caption crediting "Polybius © 1981 Sinneslöschen, Inc."—likely indicating involvement in a work or project on the classical historian Polybius rather than a substantive conceptual contribution to the seminar. Without clearer excerpts or context showing how Gibney's own ideas intervene in the course's concerns with AI, memesis, or necropolitics, his relevance to "Pandaemonium Architecture 6.0" remains unclear.
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