# 2026-05-17

-   [[Listened]]:
    -   [[Future Histories International: Jan Overwijk on Cybernetic Capitalism and Critical Systems Theory]]
        -   [[Critical systems theory]]. I haven't understood half of what's been said so far. But combining [[systems theory]] and [[critical theory]] sounds interesting.
        -   Traces systems theory line through [[Humberto Maturana]] and [[Francisco Varela]] to [[Niklas Luhmann]].
        -   Then I believe the idea is to address the absence of politics in Luhmann's systems theory.
-   "According to the CPJ, Israeli forces were responsible for two-thirds of all the journalist killings around the world last year."
    -   Guardian newsletter