I’ve posted many times about the connection between speed and desire in its various forms…just google New Pamphleteer, speed, and see what comes up…
The Guardian have just published a piece about the intellectual history of Accelerationsim. You can read it, here
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/11/accelerationism-how-a-fringe-philosophy-predicted-the-future-we-live-in
Here’s a link to my description of the machine-ensemble in relation to the railway system…
The counter-cultural origins of Accelerationism suggest that this philosophical position is a practical recasting of the to-hell-in-a-handcart view pf progress…it’s like accelerating into brickwall….and weirdly, bith left and right are determined to ride this creative destruction to the bitter end…
I’m a more interested in how to make this safe…I don’t want to stop it, but I want to enjoy the ride…like a big-dipper fairground ride.
Also, I am considering how this isn’t just about technology; it’s about a specific image-culture of speeding up…
PS
I forgot that there is a short-story by local author, HG Wells, called The New Accelerator (1901). The main part of the story plays out against the backdrop of The Leas, Folkestone’s coastal and cliff-top seafront park…
You can download a PDF of the story