Submitted by caspar (not verified) on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 08:55
the problem may lie in thinking what the human being is supposed to be. Zerzan (and anarcho-primitivism generally) seems to seek what the human is meant for, and where it went wrong: a qualitative reduction. at the other end of the pole, transhumanists seem to seek how the human can break the boundaries of ephemerality (death) and unpredictability (chaos): a quantitative expansion.
maybe something like a qualitative expansion, through forming and experimenting with a variety of perspectives as to what the human can become (or unbecome), could open up pathways unforeseen and leave the dead ends of this polarity behind.
the problem may lie in thinking what the human being is supposed to be. Zerzan (and anarcho-primitivism generally) seems to seek what the human is meant for, and where it went wrong: a qualitative reduction. at the other end of the pole, transhumanists seem to seek how the human can break the boundaries of ephemerality (death) and unpredictability (chaos): a quantitative expansion.
maybe something like a qualitative expansion, through forming and experimenting with a variety of perspectives as to what the human can become (or unbecome), could open up pathways unforeseen and leave the dead ends of this polarity behind.