We live in an era where nearly everything is Up For Debate. social media forums and panel discussions give us endless opportunities to share opinionsm, question ideas and defend positions. at first glance this seems like intellectual progress. but Nietzsche might disagree. for him this excess of words might be more a sign of cultural decline than strength. think about the polarized debates you see every day on Twitter or on other platforms they often begin with lofty goals resolving important issues. Seeking Justice, defending values but what's left in the end heated comments, bruised Egos and almost no practical Solutions. it's like a fire consuming all the wood around it but producing little light to illuminate The Way Forward. Nietzsche saw constant debate as a form of distraction. to him a society obsessed with discussions wastes its energy on empty words instead of channeling it into action. this is what he referred to as resentiment, attacking verbally because of an inability to transform the world in concrete ways. this isn't to say that debate has no value. but there's a difference between debating to create something new and debating merely to reaffirm what we already think the problem is. that too often we argue more to feel relevant than to truly change anything. so the question arises are we debating because we are intellectually strong or are we trying to fill a void?
Debate on so-called "social media" has been gone for nearly 20 years now. You are an old style aren't you? Can you write something about Thomas JJ Altizer please?
We live in an era
where nearly everything is Up For Debate.
social media forums and panel
discussions give us endless
opportunities to share opinionsm, question
ideas and defend positions. at first
glance this seems like intellectual
progress. but Nietzsche might disagree. for him
this excess of words might be more a
sign of cultural decline than strength.
think about the polarized debates you
see every day on Twitter or on other
platforms they often begin with lofty
goals resolving important issues. Seeking
Justice, defending values but what's left
in the end heated comments, bruised Egos
and almost no practical Solutions. it's
like a fire consuming all the wood
around it but producing little light to
illuminate The Way Forward. Nietzsche saw
constant debate as a form of distraction.
to him a society obsessed with
discussions wastes its energy on empty
words instead of channeling it into
action. this is what he referred to as
resentiment, attacking verbally because
of an inability to transform the world
in concrete ways. this isn't to say that
debate has no value. but there's a
difference between debating to create
something new and debating merely to
reaffirm what we already think the
problem is. that too often we argue more
to feel relevant than to truly change
anything. so the question arises are we
debating because we are intellectually
strong or are we trying to fill a void?
Debate on so-called "social media" has been gone for nearly 20 years now. You are an old style aren't you? Can you write something about Thomas JJ Altizer please?
Thanks for deleting my comment.