
What happens to the
archaic human in a
digital, AI-driven, hyper-networked
world? I approach this question using the ideas of the French-American
anthropologist and literary scholar
René Girard.
Below are some rather speculative and explorative talks and discussions with
anthropologists, philosophers, artists and futurologists on this subject. Caveat emptor!
Picture:
"The fight between carnival and lent", Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559 (Wikipedia).
The perennial fight between lent (representing
prohibition and profane time) and carnival
(representing
transgression and sacred time) is the perfect anthropological metaphor for our times.
Parallax is a European online media platform
run by
Tom Amarque and
Andrew Sweeny that publishes essays,
webinars and lectures on contemporary society and culture.
Philosophy portal is an EdTech initiative by anthropologist
and philosopher
Cadell Last, who has a PhD
from the
Free University of Brussels (VUB). Last organizes online courses
on major thinkers and philosophers like Hegel, Nietzsche and Zizek, and their
contemporary relevance.
Technosocial consists of artist Owen Cox
and
author Daniel Fraga. In their interviews with various thinkers
and scientists, they explore how new technologies will reshape human societies and allow humans
to redesign themselves.
Thomas Hamelryck
thamelry@bio.ku.dk
Department of biology
Section for Computational and RNA Biology (SCARB)
Ole Maaløes Vej 5
DK-2200 Copenhagen N
and
Department of computer science
Programming languages and theory of computation section (PLTC)
Universitetsparken 5, HCØ, building B
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
University of Copenhagen
Denmark