![]() But such conspiracy theories never work, because they underestimate the complexity of the system. Not democratic politicians or autocratic despots, but rather a small coterie of billionaires who secretly run the world. My point was that he always *was* mainstream.įrom the chapter I provided on Capitalism,"Some people believe that there is somebody in charge after all. You are quoting Harari from the Chihese article. He dwells particularly on the possibility that biometric monitoring, coupled with advanced computing, will give corporations and governments access to more complete data about people-about their desires and liabilities-than people have about themselves. Harari now defines himself as both a historian and a philosopher. One of the most widely read philosophers in Europe, he is the author of more than twenty books, including including four previous volumes in the MIT Press Untimely Meditations series, In the Swarm: Digital Prospects, The Agony of Eros, Shanzhai: Deconstruction in Chinese, and Topology of Violence. He was described by British literary theorist, Terry Eagleton, as the “most formidably brilliant” recent theorist to have emerged from Continental Europe.īyung-Chul Han, born in Seoul, is Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK). Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian-born political philosopher and cultural critic. How to think about Covid-19: Slavoj Zizek, Han Byung-Chul and Yuval Noah Harari Article in the South China Morning Post (February 16, 2021) ![]()
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