The Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU) was an unofficial department at the University of Warwick in the mid-90s, never officially recognized but leaving a lasting impact on cultural theory. The book that emerged from their work is a chaotic, boundary-pushing mess. If you take the CCRUs ideas at face value, theyre controversial at best -- total nonsense at worst.
At one point, the book starts to feel like a game of "Do they actually believe this?" -- and honestly, I still dont know. Theres a constant push between wild imagination and logic fragmentation, with concepts like hyperstition and the One-God-Universe reshaping the narrative.
Criticizing the final product feels a bit disingenuous, though. CCRU exists in the limbo between a proto-ARG and the fever dream of a philosophy degree mixed with drugs -- but, personally, I lean towards the philosophy degree part.
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At one point, the book starts to feel like a game of "Do they actually believe this?" -- and honestly, I still dont know. Theres a constant push between wild imagination and logic fragmentation, with concepts like hyperstition and the One-God-Universe reshaping the narrative.
Criticizing the final product feels a bit disingenuous, though. CCRU exists in the limbo between a proto-ARG and the fever dream of a philosophy degree mixed with drugs -- but, personally, I lean towards the philosophy degree part.
Click on the READ tab for my in depth review!