In his book “Infanza e Storia” – 1978  (“Infancia e Historia - Destruccion De La Experiencia Y Origen De La Historia” , translated by Silvio Mattoni into Spanish and published by Adriana Hidalgo in 2004), Giorgio Agamben writes: “ “En la  actualidad,  cualquier discurso sobre la  experiencia debe  partir  de la  constatación de  que  ya  … Continue reading Hubo Historia, pero ya no la hay

A fragment from “Contributions to Philosophy” – M. Heidegger, translated by Parvis Emad and Kenneth Maly, Indiana University Press, 1999. “5. For the Few and the Rare “For the few who from time to time again ask the question, i.e., who put up anew the essential sway of truth for decision. “For the rare who … Continue reading For the Few and the Rare

From the beginning of the Information “era” the Security disciplines already had the hierarchical imprint that is now current, centring it around the protection of “informational assets.” Although not directly relevant to the subject of Erlang Security, I want to quote here a paper by Bhavani Thuraisingham (MITRE Corporation) published in 1993 by the ACM. … Continue reading Security and “Information Flow”

“Besinnung ist der Mut, die Wahrheit der eigenen Voraussetzungen und den Raum der eigenen Ziele zum Fragwürdigsten zu machen.” - (M. Heidegger, "Die Zeit des Weltbildes" - 1938 - Holzwege, page 75)

"Stagnation of an organization occurs when the punishment for success is as large as for failure." (Page 147)

  In Heidegger’s Postscript to “What is Metaphysics?” (1943) we find a foundational critique of calculative politics (and by extension any praxeology--including business management). The highlights are mine – CT: “All calculation lets what is countable be resolved into something counted that can then be used for subsequent counting. Calculation refuses to let anything appear … Continue reading Managing, calculating and missing the point

In Information Security as in all other areas of IT, the order of the day is how to overcome the metaphysics of the object, in other words, the view that “everything is an object” (or that everything is representable as an object). In reading Heidegger we can find not only excellent avenues of thought, but … Continue reading Overcoming Metaphysics (of the Object)

The opening chant of the Aitareya Upanishad contains two verses that sum up the essential commitment of any honest, sincere, complete teacher, writer, consultant, professional or --for that matter-- any person: May my speech be one with my mind, and may my mind be one with my speech. Why would it be necessary to return in … Continue reading Invocation

From "The Anaximander Fragment", by Martin Heidegger, translated by D.F. Krell. "As it reveals itself in beings, Being withdraws. "In this way, by illuminating them, Being sends being adrift in errancy. Beings come to pass in that errancy by which they circumvent Being and establish the realm of error (in the sense of a prince's … Continue reading Error and History according to Heidegger

  "Fate, that brinks all things to an end, not thus Apportioneth my lot: ten thousand pangs Must bow, ten thousand miseries afflict me Ere from these bonds I freedom find, for Art Is by much weaker than Necessity." Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound  

"It is easy for him who keeps his foot free from harm to counsel and admonish him who is in misery" (Aeschylus, "Prometheus Bound") If there is any succinct way of expressing the reality of corporate life is that is is a permanent, pervasive state of hostile cooperation. This state is present -with very rare … Continue reading “Hostile Cooperation”

It is not a recent revelation that modernity comes with a peculiar form of loss of humanity. We are lost in fear, subject to anomic and anonymous forces claiming for themselves the name of Society. In this context: "Anxiety  can  mount authentically only in  a Dasein which is  resolute.  He who is  resolute knows no … Continue reading Anxiety and Authenticity

Programming languages are part and expression of the Western logo-centric context. The 'logos' here, not anymore understood as thought or rationality, but only as symbolic production. A given that apparently needs not explanation because it perfectly reflects the social substrate and complements it. Let's be guarded: We have seen that, like all texts in the … Continue reading The Logocentric Context