urbanomic

synkar’s award for quality

note: as synkar’s highest title, the guarantee for quality selects somewhere in-between synkar’s own bias, and his experience within the tradition to select texts that his audience will benefit from reading over and against other works. works are also labelled between research and theory for better discernment. to better understand my structural preferences, visit my rating method and symbol guide.

synkar’s guarantee for purity

note: pure theory foregrounds conceptual scaffolding, narrative continuation and speculative or abstract capacity almost exclusively over referential density, discursive or commentarial quality, or thematic context. what must a certain work accomplish to be considered pure?

theory of the solitary sailor

cute accelerationism

synkar’s classification as theory

note: this doesn’t signal a preference over the work, but attempts to establish a boundary between cultural research and conceptual theorizing, even if difficult (* for borderline). click the work or title to see my review. what earns the title of synkar guarantee?

the infra-world*

after death

object-oriented ontology*

torture concrete*

fanged noumena

to live and think like pigs

accelerate*

intelligence and spirit

the concept of non-photography

from decision to heresy

revolutionary demonology

the revenge of reason

pleromatica

social dissonance

synkar’s classification as research

note: this doesn’t signal a dislike of the work, but attempts to establish a boundary between cultural research and conceptual theorizing, even if difficult (* for borderline). click the work or title to see my review. what earns the title of synkar guarantee?

applied ballardianism

simulation, exercise, operations*

machine decision is not final*

omnicide ii

the number and siren

2+2=5

chronosis

xyzt

verdant inferno

on logic and the theory of science

the question concerning technology in china

philosophy of the tourist*

hydroplutonic kernow

secrets of creation*

cold war, cold world

synthetic philosophy of contemporary maths

spiral catastrophism

dialectic of pop

resynthesizer

ccru early writings*

irreversible noise*

audint

x-risk

the order of sounds*

synkar’s disavowal

note: this signals an implicit dislike of the work as a totality and not of its particular contents, decided by purely structural means rather than ethico-political sentiments. more specifically it is applied when the author’s intentions, the structure of the work, and the themes or conceptual development all contradict each other simultaneously. to better understand my structural preferences, visit my rating method and symbol guide.

stock

note: uncategorized works or excess material that appears too gated or suspicious to evaluate or title explicitly. also contains duds or simply works too uninteresting to me to disavow (no offense ya’ll do your thing).