Nick Land

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Nick Land is a philosopher and theorist of accelerationism and inhuman thought whose work critiques anthropomorphic frameworks and explores the convergence of markets, technology, and automated systems. He appears in the course readings as a foundational figure for post-humanist and speculative realism positions—his philosophy of technological acceleration and market determinism influences contemporary thinkers like Reza Negarestani—and his concept of "Cybergothic" enables discussions of how science fiction, capital, and machinic desire interpenetrate. His presence in the readings signals the course's engagement with thinkers who reject humanist exceptionalism in favor of examining intelligence and agency as distributed across economic, technological, and inhuman systems.

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