Rhizom: ein dicker horizontaler unterirdischer Stängel von Pflanzen, deren Knospen neue Wurzeln und Triebe entwickeln. But no! 'A rhizome is a concept in post-structuralism describing a nonlinear network that connects any point to any other point with no apparent order or coherency, establishing "connections between semiotic chains, organizations of power, and circumstances relative to the arts, sciences and social struggles" (Wiki). This is a good descriptor for surveillance apparat and the rest looks very typical of French philosophy speak?
I stopped at the word rhizomic which reminded me of when I was 18 years old and became passionate about '68 and everything that had to do with it, including the philosophers who had derived a series of books from that word. Then I realized that that mass of cryptic and inconclusive words had as their main purpose to favor the hooking up of girls in college. Since I already used the guitar for that purpose, I didn’t waste much more time on those books.
Joking aside, this makes me wonder about our society today. On one hand, we have a lot of useless information and activities that many people follow blindly. On the other hand, we have technical knowledge that grows rapidly and becomes detached from human nature. This creates a contrast between different kinds of societies. Some societies rely on ancient knowledge that helps them survive in harsh environments, where ignorance means death. For example, think of the children who survived a plane crash in the jungle. Other societies, like ours, allow people to live without any special skills, just consuming like pigs. I think this is the problem: useful knowledge has become something external to humans, and this may explain why our productivity is slowing down. Don't know if I made it clear
His summaries remind me of an article that was authored by a bullshit generator piece of software about 20 years ago (long time before current AI tech). It was distinctly waffly and mentioned Derrida quite a lot.
Unfortunately, one peer reviewed journal accepted it for publication. Oh dear. End of that journal...
I have to admit that this English summary is not very clear. But the French one reads rather well ! Leca should select a better translation software.
Rhizom: ein dicker horizontaler unterirdischer Stängel von Pflanzen, deren Knospen neue Wurzeln und Triebe entwickeln. But no! 'A rhizome is a concept in post-structuralism describing a nonlinear network that connects any point to any other point with no apparent order or coherency, establishing "connections between semiotic chains, organizations of power, and circumstances relative to the arts, sciences and social struggles" (Wiki). This is a good descriptor for surveillance apparat and the rest looks very typical of French philosophy speak?
I collect the chart/picture equivalent of text like this — they always make me smile. And remind me to keep it simple…
His terminolgical inexactitudes are matched only by his monolithic peregrinations. Extreme wordiness.😆
Professional Leca is a prolific generator of horse manure in multiple languages.
I stopped at the word rhizomic which reminded me of when I was 18 years old and became passionate about '68 and everything that had to do with it, including the philosophers who had derived a series of books from that word. Then I realized that that mass of cryptic and inconclusive words had as their main purpose to favor the hooking up of girls in college. Since I already used the guitar for that purpose, I didn’t waste much more time on those books.
Joking aside, this makes me wonder about our society today. On one hand, we have a lot of useless information and activities that many people follow blindly. On the other hand, we have technical knowledge that grows rapidly and becomes detached from human nature. This creates a contrast between different kinds of societies. Some societies rely on ancient knowledge that helps them survive in harsh environments, where ignorance means death. For example, think of the children who survived a plane crash in the jungle. Other societies, like ours, allow people to live without any special skills, just consuming like pigs. I think this is the problem: useful knowledge has become something external to humans, and this may explain why our productivity is slowing down. Don't know if I made it clear
See also David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bullshit-Jobs-Theory-David-Graeber/dp/0241263883
Thank you very much!
His summaries remind me of an article that was authored by a bullshit generator piece of software about 20 years ago (long time before current AI tech). It was distinctly waffly and mentioned Derrida quite a lot.
Unfortunately, one peer reviewed journal accepted it for publication. Oh dear. End of that journal...