Zero Infinite Inc Podcast

Geert Lovink joins me in the studio for this new episode of Art in Permacrisis. Geert is a media theorist and the founder of the Institute of Network Cultures. He has a background in the Amsterdam squatting movement, he invented the notion of 'tactical media' several decades ago, and in recent years, he has focused on platform and social media critique. In this episode, we discuss his newest book, Platform Brutality. We talk about the violent turn of the tech overlords, technofeudalism, the question of tactical media today, antifascist figure design, and the special responsibility of art. LINKS & REFERENCES Platform Brutality: Closing Down Internet Toxicity: https://valiz.nl/en/publications/platform-brutality Notes on deletion and technological sacrifice: https://networkcultures.org/geert/2025/08/27/notes-on-deletion-and-technological-sacrifice Geert's two cents in the technofeudalism debate: https://networkcultures.org/geert/2024/03/22/cloud-capital-and-platform-regression-review-of-janis-varoufakis-tech