What a coincidence. I'm currently thinking how products of modern technique relate to time within Heidegger's proposal of "Gestell" through a term that I find very puzzling and rich, which is thrown around a bit in the geological and contemporary art sphere: "technofossil". I mention this because of Bacon's pretense of absolute control of the universe and technical products as κτῆσις εἰς ἀεί. I recently read another of Bacon's posthumous works titled none other than TEMPORIS PARTUS MASCULUS (related to a previous text titled TEMPORIS PARTUS MAXIMUS). Though the content doesn't really develop on the title (which suggests that the greatest birth of Time is scientific knowledge), I would think it to be very exemplar of his Faustian pretense to think that modern industrial enterprise would in fact be able to give birth to time. Think of transhumans, for example. But in another sense, one in which I'm more interested in: think how we can produce things that will endure for many centuries to come (produced, by the way, in mere milliseconds: plastic bags is a great), of which an extreme example is nuclear waste. Anyhow, I think Bacon ought to be read more. Thanks for the lecture and, by the way, have you any idea on Bacon's thoughts on time?
You have a formidable mind. And an elegant tongue. With an underlying poetic sensibility. A pleasure thru which to receive understanding. Thank you.
Bacon said it first; knowledge is power
This is illuminating.
What a coincidence. I'm currently thinking how products of modern technique relate to time within Heidegger's proposal of "Gestell" through a term that I find very puzzling and rich, which is thrown around a bit in the geological and contemporary art sphere: "technofossil". I mention this because of Bacon's pretense of absolute control of the universe and technical products as κτῆσις εἰς ἀεί. I recently read another of Bacon's posthumous works titled none other than TEMPORIS PARTUS MASCULUS (related to a previous text titled TEMPORIS PARTUS MAXIMUS). Though the content doesn't really develop on the title (which suggests that the greatest birth of Time is scientific knowledge), I would think it to be very exemplar of his Faustian pretense to think that modern industrial enterprise would in fact be able to give birth to time. Think of transhumans, for example. But in another sense, one in which I'm more interested in: think how we can produce things that will endure for many centuries to come (produced, by the way, in mere milliseconds: plastic bags is a great), of which an extreme example is nuclear waste. Anyhow, I think Bacon ought to be read more. Thanks for the lecture and, by the way, have you any idea on Bacon's thoughts on time?
Watch at 1.5 speed at least. Just trying to see how this ties into platos noble lie, bro.