journey to the center of the ecological chocolate (anatomy of ecological awareness)

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Journey to the Center of The Ecological Chocolate Timothy Morton

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A presentation accompanying the lecture of the same title on the roof of the Contemporary Museum, Austin, Texas, on the occasion of the opening of Charles Long's Catalin.

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Journey to the Center of The Ecological ChocolateTimothy MortonHyperobjectsMassively distributedWe can think and compute themBut not perceive

THE KITCHENThe AnthropocenePaul CrutzenEugene Stoermer

Me .0. Species Where .0.= is in a loop withANTHROPOCENEAGRILOGISTICS

Tom Stoppard, Darkside (BBC, 2013)He says an action is a moral action only if the consequences are good. He says the consequences are good if they increase the sum of human happiness. We define happiness as a state of well-being, starting off with being alive instead of dead.Ethics man is a utilitarian. The Three Axioms1. Thou shalt not violate the law of noncontradiction. 3. (Human) existing is always better than anything else. 2. Existing means to be constantly present.

The Three Axioms2. Existing means to be constantly present. Metaphysics of presence

The Three Axioms3. (Human) existing is always better than anything else.

Tom Stoppard, Darkside (BBC, 2013)He says an action is a moral action only if the consequences are good. He says the consequences are good if they increase the sum of human happiness. We define happiness as a state of well-being, starting off with being alive instead of dead.Ethics man is a utilitarian. Nature = AgrilgosticsDerek ParfitPrisoners DilemmaJan ZalasiewiczPeriodic cycling>> tipping point(1784, 1945)= AnthropoceneThe Way Out is the Way InThe GuiltreducibleirreducibleThe ShameviolenceabjectionThe Melancholyhorrorabsurditythe etherealThe HollowThe SadnessbeautyThe Joy

The Realm of ToysThe MelancholyAbjectionTraces of lost object cathexes(Freud)

The MelancholyThe Horror

The Absurd

The Ethereal

The HorrorSpeculative RealismEugene ThackerRay BrassierThomas Ligotti

accelerationismautoimmunity

The Absurd

The Ethereal

ConsumerismLoopsObjectsThe Realm of Toys

The EtherealLower region of The MelancholyThe SadnessThe HollowBoundary between The Melancholy andThe SadnessThe Absurd

This is a bite and this is not a bitep and not-pThe HollowAufhebung of AufhebungHegel

Overcoming overcomingNietzsche

Thought in a loopThe HollowThought in a loop

Loop as thing

The SadnessKantian beautyFootprint of a thing in my inner spaceundecidability, ambiguityUngraspabiilityYet definite appearanceThe Sadness

The JoyHamartia hubris Mbius strip BergsonTricksters

TricksterWhat constitutes pretense is that, in the end, you dont know whether its pretense or notJacques LacanPastFuture

afterpresence; )And the sea isnt greenAnd I love the QueenAnd what exactly is a dreamAnd what exactly is a joke?Speak to Me / Breathe (In the Air) [Darkside]Tom Stoppard & Pink FloydTom Stoppard & Pink FloydDarkside (A BBC Play for Radio Incorporating "The Dark Side of the Moon" By Pink Floyd)2013-11-22T08:00:[email protected] 2013 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Pink Floyd Music Ltd / BBC2014-01-29 21:07:27Warner:isrc:GB01A1300594