I recently spoke at MoMA for an event titled The Aquatic Brain, organized by Carson Chan and Matthew Wagstaffe of the Ambasz Institute. This interdisciplinary lecture series is part of the program for Good Night Good Morning, a survey exhibition of 50+ years of work by canonical artist
“Ironically, the development of intelligence on this planet is both the cause of global warming as well as our best hope for a solution.” Is it intelligence, in general, that is the hope? As a general development, it seems more like a cancer; infestation, or addiction—some out of control process that like, say, obesity or overpopulation won’t be solved by more of the same. Maybe we could consider intelligence in evolutionary terms; in which case, what intelligence could we develop that would make us have perspective and awareness of our limitations?
Love to see this side of Flusser and his honest comparisons of biological and social determinism. There was a great sci-fi manga/anime that came out about a decade ago that outlines this concept. It talks about a flooded planet where part of the human race converted themselves into squids to survive climate change, and then both bipedal and squid ancestors became space faring and, after forgetting their shared origins, became mortal enemies: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargantia_on_the_Verdurous_Planet
“Ironically, the development of intelligence on this planet is both the cause of global warming as well as our best hope for a solution.” Is it intelligence, in general, that is the hope? As a general development, it seems more like a cancer; infestation, or addiction—some out of control process that like, say, obesity or overpopulation won’t be solved by more of the same. Maybe we could consider intelligence in evolutionary terms; in which case, what intelligence could we develop that would make us have perspective and awareness of our limitations?
Thank you for writing this! such a fascinating and scintillating read!
This is excellent.
Love to see this side of Flusser and his honest comparisons of biological and social determinism. There was a great sci-fi manga/anime that came out about a decade ago that outlines this concept. It talks about a flooded planet where part of the human race converted themselves into squids to survive climate change, and then both bipedal and squid ancestors became space faring and, after forgetting their shared origins, became mortal enemies: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargantia_on_the_Verdurous_Planet