To declare something as posthuman is to draw a line between what is human and something that is not. In Nietzsche’s Posthumanism (University of Minnesota Press, 2023), Edgar Landgraf proposes Nietzsche’s “overhuman” (Übermensch) as well as the cyborg as shorthands for the posthuman. He quotes Bernard Stiegler, who, summarizing French paleontologist André Leroi-Gourhan’s prehistorical research,… Continue reading Reaching Nietzsche
“For the first time in history it is now possible to take care of everybody at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. Only ten years ago the ‘more with less’ technology reached the point where this could be done. All humanity now has the option to become enduringly successful.” Buckminster Fuller Though… Continue reading Gaming the Change: Douglas Rushkoff’s ‘Survival of the Richest’
In the three weeks between January 6 and January 20, 2021, I followed the white rabbit, as early Q followers would say. I read QAnon blogs and watched Q-commentators (QTubers). I even signed up for a Parler account. Even in that brief span, I found an alternate reality where the pope was arrested amid blackouts… Continue reading Flowers for QAnon
For 20 years I’ve been bugging my literary-minded friends and colleagues about their most anticipated or most loved summer reads and compiling those lists into our annual Summer Reading List. To celebrate two decades of The List, I asked more contributors than ever, and I asked them all to recommend just one book. This year… Continue reading Summer Reading List, 2022
“A path was a path was a path was a path. A path was a person and a path was a mind, walk, chop, walk, chop.” — Patricia Lockwood, No One is Talking About This “We were seeking out the invisible paths.” — Sylvain Tesson, On the Wandering Paths Every move we make is a… Continue reading You Are Your Path: Sylvain Tesson’s ‘On the Wandering Paths’
