Why do tech elites believe the world is theirs to transform? In this essay I return to Hans Blumenberg’s writings to show how this belief is grounded in “the second creation”, where humanity overcomes its alienation from nature by building an artificial world. www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-se...
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The Second Creation and the Destruction of Worlds
Marres returns to the German philosopher Hans Blumenberg to uncovers the origins of tech elites’ ambition to remake the world. Blumenberg traced that ambition back through modern experimental science ...