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Ioannis Mademlis
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Based in Greece, I hold a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and study European history & society. I publish short fiction and write essays from the meeting point of technology and the humanities.
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𝐈𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐈: Europe is sliding into a permanent arms-led economy: “military Keynesianism”. My essay looks at the historical analogues and why this is dangerous for EU growth + peace 👇.

tinyurl.com/eymuvb8u

#RearmEU #EUEconomy
October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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From austerity and deflation to Zeitenwende: Europe’s defense build-out echoes interwar Germany’s hard-money→rearmament arc. History rhymes – the EU still has to choose. Original MerionWest essay, now republished on my Substack: tinyurl.com/eymuvb8u.

#longread #Zeitenwende #EUeconomy #conflictsky
October 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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📽️ New at PopMatters.com: 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧’s sci-fi film trilogy of 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘱 (1987), 𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 (1990), and 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 (1997) foresaw a peculiar 𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 of the 2020s. Is the satire now the system? More at:
tinyurl.com/4daxfn8s

#longread #film #Cinephile #PoliticalTheory
𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧’s Hollywood sci-fi film trilogy of 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘱 (1987), 𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 (1990), and 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 (1997) is like a how-to manual for a peculiar form of contemporary 𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦, which has been aggressively overtaking the Western world in the 21st century. Neototalitarianism doesn’t rely on coups, martial law, violent suppression of the opposition press, or paramilitary factions roaming the streets to instill our obedience.
October 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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𝐏𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐧’s rocket creed from '𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚'𝒔 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒐𝒘' meets hypersonic deterrence: from V-2 superstition to today’s Mach-11 theatre, speed compresses our moral horizon.

My new PopMatters essay:

www.popmatters.com/gravitys-rai...

#longread #Pynchon #Hypersonics #ArmsControl #booksky conflictsky
August 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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📽️The Bomb gave us rubber-suit monsters; AI gives us invisible ones: Today's “AI sublime” was forged in Cold War's “Atomic Cinema”, prevalent in #scifi and #horror movies of the 1950s.

My PopMatters essay:
www.popmatters.com/ai-sublime-c...

#longread #film #FilmSky #AI #philsky
August 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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📽️𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐡’s film grammar meets AI-assisted assassinations: from Lavender to Replicator, “precision” targeting hides systemic violence behind a single face.

My PopMatters essay:
www.popmatters.com/david-lynch-ai-assisted-assasinations

#longread #film #aiwarfare #InternationalLaw conflictsky
August 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM