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Against Future Proofing

Posted by roybendor on June 1, 2021
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Future proofing appears as an idea whose time has come, but in this short polemical article [pdf] I argue that it may also be seen as a modernist fantasy of control. The article appears in Volume #59, in an issue dedicated to the upcoming Media Architecture Biennale (‘Futures Implied’).

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