In Memory of David Golumbia: Critique as Care: Simultaneity, Contradiction and Praxis in Digital Culture
From Golumbia’s The Cultural Logic of Computation (2009):
I argue that we must also keep in mind the possibility of de-emphasizing computerization, resisting the intrusion of computational paradigms into every part of the social structure, and resisting too strong a focus on computationalism as the solution to our social problems. This study is written in the belief that computationalism aids some of the pernicious effects of institutional power; and that the best solutions to our pressing social problems lie in the social fabric itself and in social action, and less than we may imagine via computational transformation. (5)
From Golumbia’s “‘Communication,’ ‘Critical’” (2013):