Isolarii 13: MY TECHNO-OPTIMISM

Vitalik Buterin

A response to modernity’s most rancorous cynics and its most reckless techno-fetishists. To navigate humanity’s pivotal century, Buterin proposes d/acc. A nuanced approach to technological acceleration that prioritizes human agency, democratic innovations, and decentralization.

Isolarii, stylized as ISOLARII, is an avant-garde media company founded by Sebastian Clark. Launched in September 2020, the company is known for its multimedia projects, international activity and unique palm-sized book format.

Dominick Ammirati wrote in Artforum that “the press has succeeded at imbuing the book form with the psychophysical qualities of a mala, a rosary, kombolói, a smartphone—objects that you pick up and feel almost anxious letting go of.”

Isolarii has been described by curator Hans Ulrich Obrist as an “ingenious book club.”