Human

  • Extreme Books: The Painted Bird (Kosinski)

    Recently I came across a list of ‘incredibly tough books for extreme readers’. One of those lists of books you have to read. Being fed up with the 1001-books-to-read-before-you-die list for some time now, this was a nice new challenge. Having read nine out of the fifty books mentioned, some of which truly excellent books,…

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  • Lyotard & My Fear for New Humans

    Why is the idea of a possible future in which non-humans are capable of doing what humans can (referring not to the enormous amount of unbelievable irrelevant things, but: reflexive thought) so frightening? Shouldn’t I be just as frightened about my human neighbour when it comes to my being, my ability to ‘earn a living’? Isn’t every…

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