# Gilbert Simondon - Membrane, Disparation, & the Amortized Individual

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Podcast: [Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/machinic-unconscious-happy-hour-753992)
Published: 2026-05-30T20:00:16+00:00
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## Resource

Vital Units: Membrane, Disparation, and the Amortized Individual. Simondon, Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information, Vol. 1. The individual is not a thing, it is an ongoing operation, and the character of that operation is thanatological, topological, and ultimately collective. Conformal Cyclic Cosmology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformal_cyclic_cosmology Gilbert Simondon Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/sets/gilbert-simondon?si=52b2d9a5a18b46f682a84f762c7b8f0d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh

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