Beyond the Age of Machines - 12 Theses
1. The age of machines, modernity, is coming to an end.
2. The world is not a machine; not even like a machine.
3. The world is large, far exceeding anyone’s grasp.
4. We are not machines. No living organism is a machine.
5. The world is not a set: there are strict limits to formalisation.
6. Organisms constantly create meaning by engaging the world.
7. To engage the world is to solve the problem of relevance.
8. To solve the problem of relevance is to formalise the world.
9. Everything that makes sense, makes sense to someone.
10. There is no meaning without life, without self-preservation.
11. There is no meaning without death, without suffering.
12. To be a true realist means to acknowledge all of the above.
Instructions: print out and nail to any university door near you!
#intangible — an exhibition by The ZoNE playing with ideas from
#BeyondTheAgeOfMachine an emerging book about a new science for the 21st century
28/3 - 3/5/2025 — gallerie rauminhalt, wien
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