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
filmmaker · 2 mentions across 1 reading
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Alex Gibney appears only as a passing reference in these course materials, cited in relation to a work or concept about Polybius (likely a documentary or critical piece). The excerpts are fragmented and don't clearly establish his role, but the context suggests engagement with how spectacle, representation, and historical narrative intersect—themes central to the course's concern with how AI and media systems shape collective perception. Without clearer textual evidence, it's difficult to specify exactly which of Gibney's interventions grounds this reference, though his documented work on power, surveillance, and institutional critique would fit the seminar's preoccupations.
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