Was Nietzsche a Techno-Optimist?
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Was Nietzsche a Techno-Optimist?
Long before AI, philosopher Martin Heidegger anticipated this transformation.
In The Question Concerning Technology, Martin Heidegger warned that technology is not just a collection of tools, but a way of seeing the world, a revealing that both illuminates and conceals. Heidegger’s “enframing” (Gestell) describes technology’s insidious power to... See more
In The Question Concerning Technology, Martin Heidegger warned that technology is not just a collection of tools, but a way of seeing the world, a revealing that both illuminates and conceals. Heidegger’s “enframing” (Gestell) describes technology’s insidious power to... See more
If existentialism sprung from the need to make sense of a world in which scientific progress called God into question, it may also fit a world in which technological progress is calling institutions into question.
Packy McCormick • Existential Optimism
After looking at those futuristic covers from 2050—each of which had transhumanist or extreme back-to-nature vibes—it got me wondering: what the hell might life be like in 2100? The lead up to the 1950s had a naive futurism that exploded by the end of the century. In 1950, computers were room-sized and not even thought (by most) to have any real
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