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Stack the states 2 live6/1/2023 Today, as the nomos that was defined by the horizontal loop geometry of the modern state system creaks and groans, and as “Seeing like a State” takes leave of that initial territorial nest-both with and against the demands of planetary-scale computation 3-we wrestle with the irregular abstractions of information, time, and territory, and the chaotic de-lamination of (practical) sovereignty from the occupation of place. 2 “Nomos” refers to the dominant and essential logic to the political subdivisions of the earth (of land, seas, and/or air, and now also of the domain that the US military simply calls “cyber”) and to the geopolitical order that stabilizes these subdivisions accordingly. It draws from (and against) Carl Schmitt’s later work on The Nomos of the Earth, and from his (albeit) flawed history of the geometries of geopolitical architectures. My interest in the geopolitics of planetary-scale computation focuses less on issues of personal privacy and state surveillance than on how it distorts and deforms traditional Westphalian modes of political geography, jurisdiction, and sovereignty, and produces new territories in its image. The façade of Inntel Hotel Amsterdam-Zaandam, Holland, is designed by WAM architects. 1 As such, perhaps the image of a totality that this conception provides would-as theories of totality have before-make the composition of new governmentalities and new sovereignties both more legible and more effective. This model is of a Stack that both does and does not exist as such: it is a machine that serves as a schema, as much as it is a schema of machines. Perhaps these parts align, layer by layer, into something not unlike a vast (if also incomplete), pervasive (if also irregular) software and hardware Stack. Instead of seeing the various species of contemporary computational technologies as so many different genres of machines, spinning out on their own, we should instead see them as forming the body of an accidental megastructure. Does include links to apps by Dan Russell-Pinson in the iTunes App Store (via LinkShare).Planetary-scale computation takes different forms at different scales: energy grids and mineral sourcing chthonic cloud infrastructure urban software and public service privatization massive universal addressing systems interfaces drawn by the augmentation of the hand, of the eye, or dissolved into objects users both overdetermined by self-quantification and exploded by the arrival of legions of nonhuman users (sensors, cars, robots). Does not use 3rd party analytics / data collection tools. Does not contain integration with social networks. Try it now and enjoy five games for the price of one! ![]() Stack the States® is an educational app for all ages that's actually FUN to play. PUZZLER: Sit back and relax as you slide the states around and put them together like a jigsaw puzzle.ĬAPITAL DROP: Match states with their capitals in this fast-paced bonus game. PILE UP: The states are piling up! Tap them quickly to get rid of them before they pile too high. MAP IT: Tap the location of the selected state on the map. STACK THE STATES: Build tall piles with states and try to reach the checkered line. ▸ Works on both iPhone and iPad - a universal app ▸ iPhone 4 and new iPad Retina Display support ▸ All games are powered by a realistic physics engine ▸ High resolution pictures of famous US landmarks ▸ Earn FREE bonus games: Map It, Pile Up, Puzzler and Capital Drop ▸ Collect all 50 states and track your progress on a personalized map ![]() ▸ Choose any of the 50 friendly-looking states as your avatar ▸ Interactive map and 50 state flash cards HAVE FUN LEARNING ALL ABOUT THE 50 STATES: Try to collect all 50! As you earn more states, you begin to unlock the four free bonus games: Map It, Pile Up, Puzzler and Capital Drop. All of your states appear on your own personalized map of the United States. You earn a random state for every successfully completed level. Carefully build a stack of states that reaches the checkered line to win each level. ![]() Stack the States® makes learning about the 50 states fun! Watch the states actually come to life in this colorful and dynamic game!Īs you learn state capitals, shapes, geographic locations, flags and more, you can actually touch, move and drop the animated states anywhere on the screen.
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