No stranger to being late to a party, and amazed that this book is not cited more beyond its (magnificent) prologue.
Prescient analyses of transhumanism and utilitarianism, and a super inspiring writing/thinking style.
"It is quite conceivable that the modern age - which began with such an unprecedented and promising outburst of human activity - may end in the deadliest, most sterile passivity history has ever known."
#HannahArendt #TheHumanCondition #OtherMachines #SystemsThatMatter
A recurrent problem of preparing a seminar is that there are so many things that would be interesting to read...
The 'New Alchemists' were a collective pioneering small scale, ecological systems, looking for sustainable alternatives to big tech and other forms of monoculture. Very uncomfortable to read 50 year old texts that discuss fossil fuel addiction.
Preparing the upcoming "Other Machines" seminar at KASK in Ghent. An appropriate moment to revisit this one, from 2014. (There is also an English translation that was published in 2020).
Joost Rekveld