Re: <nettime> Swipe, a Smart Phone Movie by Mieke Gerritzen/Next Nature

[Christian Swertz via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Hi Brian,

as far as I see, this one:
> How not to be
> parasitic to the point of necrotrophy?
is easy. No car, no airplanes etc. Less computers too, of course. No 
consumerism. And this one:

> but it's still uncertain whether
> we can choose not to.

is simple to: No. "We" cannot. And that's related to this:

> mind. It takes off from Lovelock's notion that Gaia exists as a
> superorganismic entity in which the teleconnection and effective
> coordination of all the parts manifests as a living, self-regulating whole.
believe. If you believe in a monotheistic god (call it Gaia if you 
like), you run into two problems: The first one is, that it is the god 
who controls the whole thing and is thus responsible for everything - 
and not you. And the second one is, that there are people who believe in 
a different monotheistic god (like the market, Allah, Jahwe, data etc.). 
And it's not possible to find a compromise, since there can be only one 
monotheistic god. This leads to a deadlock situation or a fight. And 
currently, some people who believe in Gaia are not prepared for a fight 
with the people who believe in the market (who caused most of the 
problems we talk about). On the contrary: They let the capitalists wrap 
them around their little fingers. Just one example: Some people who 
believe in Gaia (or the universe) also believe in artificial 
intelligence as the best option to steer mankind and combine this with 
free markets. Straight Cybernetic Ideology. Maybe in a fresh look, but 
still deadly. And with collateral damage. Unfortunately, there's no escape.

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Liebe Grüße,

Christian Swertz
http://www.swertz.at

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