historical thinking
Any well-developed conception of the good must recognize not just one human interest, but a whole variety. And that means a negotiation between conflicting interests in the name of civil peace. A ‘modus vivendi’ is the liberalism now in order. -John Gray, quoted in Noema Magazine Issue No 5
“More than two millennia after the Axial Age, we may be entering another globally synchronized rethink. With no shared ideology and dwindling trust in inherited institutions, humanity is being forced back to first principles. What is justice? What deserves to endure? Questions of AI ethics, political legitimacy and governance are no longer... See more
Creative Disruption In The Order Of The World | NOEMA
The aura is appearance of a distance, however close the thing that calls it forth.’
Byung-Chul Han • The Crisis of Narration
Unlike information, a piece of news possesses a temporal breadth through which it is related to what is to come beyond the present moment. It is pregnant with history.
Byung-Chul Han • The Crisis of Narration
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The aura is narrative because it is impregnated by distance.
Byung-Chul Han • The Crisis of Narration
“As the world continues ending, it will not do so gently, and I am not sure if I will survive it. Many already have not. But I know that we will survive.” Nylah Iqbal Lenain, “An Optimistic Quest in Apocalyptic Times”, THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
“This is not a dark age. It is a time worthy of living.”
Creative Disruption In The Order Of The World | NOEMA
“What we are entering may not be a collapse, but a modeling epoch: a new Warring States world, chaotic and cruel, but also luminous. For those who think in systems and build in code, this is not the end of history. It is its recommencement.