The Garden

The manifesto for the rich text editor with version control capabilities we are building at Oktana, v2. In this post, we describe the basic principles, design decisions and our vision for v2, alongside reflecting on the current state and potential future of knowledge production in society. Originally published in the Oktana blog.

The introductory text for our newly formed collective, Oktana. Read about why we came together, our critique and vision for work and technology and our desires for the present and future of our initiative. Originally published in the Oktana blog.

My master thesis for the Political Theory program of the School of Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Its domain is social action, both its constitution and orientation, mainly explored through the concept of value. Within it, I argue for abolishing the dominant conception of value and then engage with the task of redefining it in ways that are fitting to emancipatory social projects, most prominently a communist one, in the broad sense of the term. Originally published in AUTH’s repository.

Thoughts from Castoriadis and Rodostoglou. When should one publish their work? How and when does the audience start creatively interacting with an artifact?

Exploring connections between philosophy of language, communicative acts and the practice of designing software.

Observing social relations is more important than considering the nature of economic goods when trying to theorize artificial scarcity of knowledge.

Castoriadis describing his desires and motives behind pursuing a revolutionary change in society.