Galloway’s “Control Matrix”

As a continuation of my previous post, I would like to replicate Alexander Galloway’s “Control Matrix” (Protocol, pgs. 114-115), which he uses to point towards a future (anti-?)politics of irrationality, silence, and hypertrophy.

Part 1

Era	Machine	Energy mode	Disciplinary mode	Control diagram	Virtue
Feudal/early modern	Pendula, levers, pulleys	Slave, vassal	Tithe, feudal, tribute	Violence	Loyalty, allegiance, secrecy
modern	Oil, steam, nuclear	Wage labor	Efficiency	Bureaucracy	Presence, centralization, efficiency
Postmodern, Empire	Computers	Immaterial labor, information	Debugging	Protocol	Fidelity, pattern, algorithm
The future	Bioinformatics	Life	Therapy	Physics	Openness

Part 2

Era	Active threat (resistance)	Passive threat (delinquency)	Political mode	Stratagem	Personal crisis
Feudal/early modern	Armed revolt, sedition	Betrayal, blasphemy	Revolution	Land	Abandonment
Modern	Sabotage, treason	Red tape, entropy	Disruption	Territory, deterrence	Pain, emptiness
Postmodern, Empire	Mutation, terrorism	Randomness, noise	Disturbance	Security, containment	Terror
The Future	Irrationality	Silence, nonexistence, irresponsiveness	Hypertrophy	Peace	Contagion, eruption