A form of environmental pollution that constitutes a vastly growing infoscape, resulting from the epidemics of information production and consumption.

A form of infoscape pollution involving deliberately disruptive information with a high degree of contingency.

Describes logistics of information which is an essential functional operation of any computing system.

Relates to epistemic technological regimes capable of producing what may be perceived as truth. Could be applied to both factual and fictional events, narratives and evidences.

While pareidolia is the tendency to perceive meaningful images or patterns where none actually exist. Cyberdolia is a similar misinterpretation occurring in machine vision contexts.

A form of environmental pollution that constitutes a vastly growing infoscape, resulting from the epidemics of information production and consumption.

A speculative concept describing an emergent aesthetic system that arises from autonomous processes rather than from direct human intention. The term combines auto- (self, autonomous) with aesthetics, suggesting forms of perception, judgment, or sensibility generated by machines, algorithms, or self-organizing systems.

Refers to the interdisciplinary study of engineering systems of knowledge, encompassing its nature, sources, and limits. It draws from the term epistemics.

Refers to the interdisciplinary study of engineering systems of knowledge, encompassing its nature, sources, and limits. It draws from the term epistemics.

Describes an event or object that can exist in both the real and virtual domains, as well as those that exist in neither domain, but in both at the same time.

Machinery capable of producing epistemologies.

A form of infoscape pollution involving deliberately disruptive information with a high degree of contingency.

‘Weltschmerz’ is a literary concept derived from the German words ‘Welt’ (world) and ‘Schmerz’ (pain). It describes the feeling experienced by someone who believes that reality cannot satisfy their mental expectations. 'Netzschmerz' relates to the unease experienced upon acknowledging the deliberate production of the collapse of modern political, social, and cultural models through infowarfare across information networks (Netz).

Relates to the regimes of sovereignty that are produced in their own image by large software stacks and platforms. Softvereignty both competes with and overlaps with traditional forms of state sovereignty.

Relates to epistemic technological regimes capable of producing what may be perceived as truth. Could be applied to both factual and fictional events, narratives and evidences.

A form of environmental pollution that constitutes a vastly growing infoscape, resulting from the epidemics of information production and consumption.

Describes logistics of information which is an essential functional operation of any computing system.

Relates to the regimes of sovereignty that are produced in their own image by large software stacks and platforms. Softvereignty both competes with and overlaps with traditional forms of state sovereignty.

Relates to epistemic technological regimes capable of producing what may be perceived as truth. Could be applied to both factual and fictional events, narratives and evidences.

Relates to the regimes of sovereignty that are produced in their own image by large software stacks and platforms. Softvereignty both competes with and overlaps with traditional forms of state sovereignty.

‘Weltschmerz’ is a literary concept derived from the German words ‘Welt’ (world) and ‘Schmerz’ (pain). It describes the feeling experienced by someone who believes that reality cannot satisfy their mental expectations. 'Netzschmerz' relates to the unease experienced upon acknowledging the deliberate production of the collapse of modern political, social, and cultural models through infowarfare across information networks (Netz).

A phenomenon in which an object, system, or protocol originally designed as an interface exceeds its predefined function and becomes a broader mode of mediation—structuring relations between people, cultures, ideas, models, and material systems. An exterface does not merely connect components; it actively reconfigures the conditions under which connection, interpretation, and exchange take place.

A mode of governance in which policy ceases to function as a fixed legal instrument and instead operates as a dynamic, generative, and adaptive system—continuously reshaped by real-time conditions, data-streams, feedback loops, and situated contexts. PostPolicy privileges responsiveness and evolution over stability, treating regulation as an ongoing process rather than a settled rule.

Refers to a new economic framework, proposed by Amin Toufani, that analyzes how exponential technologies (like AI, blockchain, quantum computing) disrupt traditional economic assumptions, business models, and societal structures, highlighting rapid change, innovation, and potential for both massive growth and increased inequality. It contrasts with standard economics (studying scarcity) by focusing on exponential tech's impact on production, value, and individual/organizational adaptation in a rapidly evolving digital world.

a theoretical shift away from the traditional, absolute power of the nation-state, recognizing that authority is now shared, layered, and dispersed across multiple levels (supranational like the EU, sub-national, and global networks) due to globalization, complex problems (like climate change), and new forms of identity, suggesting a future of intertwined governance rather than a single sovereign authority. It involves a reimagining of democracy beyond the nation-state, accommodating regionalism, plurinationalism, and deeper cultural/moral legitimacy.

Relates to the regimes of sovereignty that are produced in their own image by large software stacks and platforms. Softvereignty both competes with and overlaps with traditional forms of state sovereignty.

‘Weltschmerz’ is a literary concept derived from the German words ‘Welt’ (world) and ‘Schmerz’ (pain). It describes the feeling experienced by someone who believes that reality cannot satisfy their mental expectations. 'Netzschmerz' relates to the unease experienced upon acknowledging the deliberate production of the collapse of modern political, social, and cultural models through infowarfare across information networks (Netz).

a theoretical shift away from the traditional, absolute power of the nation-state, recognizing that authority is now shared, layered, and dispersed across multiple levels (supranational like the EU, sub-national, and global networks) due to globalization, complex problems (like climate change), and new forms of identity, suggesting a future of intertwined governance rather than a single sovereign authority. It involves a reimagining of democracy beyond the nation-state, accommodating regionalism, plurinationalism, and deeper cultural/moral legitimacy.

A mode of governance in which policy ceases to function as a fixed legal instrument and instead operates as a dynamic, generative, and adaptive system—continuously reshaped by real-time conditions, data-streams, feedback loops, and situated contexts. PostPolicy privileges responsiveness and evolution over stability, treating regulation as an ongoing process rather than a settled rule.

A phenomenon in which an object, system, or protocol originally designed as an interface exceeds its predefined function and becomes a broader mode of mediation—structuring relations between people, cultures, ideas, models, and material systems. An exterface does not merely connect components; it actively reconfigures the conditions under which connection, interpretation, and exchange take place.

Refers to a new economic framework, proposed by Amin Toufani, that analyzes how exponential technologies (like AI, blockchain, quantum computing) disrupt traditional economic assumptions, business models, and societal structures, highlighting rapid change, innovation, and potential for both massive growth and increased inequality. It contrasts with standard economics (studying scarcity) by focusing on exponential tech's impact on production, value, and individual/organizational adaptation in a rapidly evolving digital world.

Relates to the regimes of sovereignty that are produced in their own image by large software stacks and platforms. Softvereignty both competes with and overlaps with traditional forms of state sovereignty.

Refers to the architecture of the entangled cognitive infrastructures involving algorithms and the software designs of AI models, automated data streams, and the core platforms and libraries for machine learning, as well as the hardware on which they operate, i.e. data centres, submarine cable networks, and GPU chip designs, etc.

Refers to a form of agency attributed to AI agents. The term recognises that AI agents have agency and also distinguishes it from our previous definition of what constitutes agency.

The rule of the algorithm.

An evolved form of sovereignty in which authority over a state or territory is externalised and extrapoliticised, no longer confined to territorial control or centralized power. Exovereign structures do not expand through domination or annexation but emerge through cooperative, voluntary, and networked arrangements, producing a post-sovereign space in which governance is distributed, negotiated, and continuously reconstituted.

A phenomenon in which an object, system, or protocol originally designed as an interface exceeds its predefined function and becomes a broader mode of mediation—structuring relations between people, cultures, ideas, models, and material systems. An exterface does not merely connect components; it actively reconfigures the conditions under which connection, interpretation, and exchange take place.

A mode of governance in which policy ceases to function as a fixed legal instrument and instead operates as a dynamic, generative, and adaptive system—continuously reshaped by real-time conditions, data-streams, feedback loops, and situated contexts. PostPolicy privileges responsiveness and evolution over stability, treating regulation as an ongoing process rather than a settled rule.

a theoretical shift away from the traditional, absolute power of the nation-state, recognizing that authority is now shared, layered, and dispersed across multiple levels (supranational like the EU, sub-national, and global networks) due to globalization, complex problems (like climate change), and new forms of identity, suggesting a future of intertwined governance rather than a single sovereign authority. It involves a reimagining of democracy beyond the nation-state, accommodating regionalism, plurinationalism, and deeper cultural/moral legitimacy.

Describes logistics of information which is an essential functional operation of any computing system.

Machinery capable of producing epistemologies.

It relates to technological literacy in the same way that one relates to spiritual or mystical knowledge.

A form of environmental pollution that constitutes a vastly growing infoscape, resulting from the epidemics of information production and consumption.

‘Weltschmerz’ is a literary concept derived from the German words ‘Welt’ (world) and ‘Schmerz’ (pain). It describes the feeling experienced by someone who believes that reality cannot satisfy their mental expectations. 'Netzschmerz' relates to the unease experienced upon acknowledging the deliberate production of the collapse of modern political, social, and cultural models through infowarfare across information networks (Netz).

Describes an event or object that can exist in both the real and virtual domains, as well as those that exist in neither domain, but in both at the same time.

Derived from interface as it relates to both -inter & –faith. It acknowledges that bridging between topologies of religious and secular believe systems requires elaborated modelling of knowledge and experience.

Machinery capable of producing epistemologies.

Relates to computational infrastructure as an accidental megastructure that embodies a form of ecology.

Derived from interface as it relates to both -inter & –faith. It acknowledges that bridging between topologies of religious and secular believe systems requires elaborated modelling of knowledge and experience.

Machinery capable of producing epistemologies.

Describes logistics of information which is an essential functional operation of any computing system.

Describes an event or object that can exist in both the real and virtual domains, as well as those that exist in neither domain, but in both at the same time.

Machinery capable of producing epistemologies.

Refers to the architecture of the entangled cognitive infrastructures involving algorithms and the software designs of AI models, automated data streams, and the core platforms and libraries for machine learning, as well as the hardware on which they operate, i.e. data centres, submarine cable networks, and GPU chip designs, etc.

A speculative concept describing an emergent aesthetic system that arises from autonomous processes rather than from direct human intention. The term combines auto- (self, autonomous) with aesthetics, suggesting forms of perception, judgment, or sensibility generated by machines, algorithms, or self-organizing systems.

Relates to technocultural pluralisms; the term refers to concepts developed by philosopher Yuk Hui.

It relates to technological literacy in the same way that one relates to spiritual or mystical knowledge.

A form of infoscape pollution involving deliberately disruptive information with a high degree of contingency.

A growing phenomena of paranoia driven by proliferation of disinformation and information wars online.

‘Weltschmerz’ is a literary concept derived from the German words ‘Welt’ (world) and ‘Schmerz’ (pain). It describes the feeling experienced by someone who believes that reality cannot satisfy their mental expectations. 'Netzschmerz' relates to the unease experienced upon acknowledging the deliberate production of the collapse of modern political, social, and cultural models through infowarfare across information networks (Netz).

Relates to epistemic technological regimes capable of producing what may be perceived as truth. Could be applied to both factual and fictional events, narratives and evidences.