"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”
Month: February 2014
Anxiety and Authenticity
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
The Logocentric Context
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
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