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== Singularities == | == Singularities == | ||
• Singularities are often used to describe human finitude | • Singularities are often used to describe human finitude | ||
• As the curve of change reaches an infinite gradient, reality itself will be brought into question | • As the curve of change reaches an infinite gradient, reality itself will be brought into question | ||
• Afro-futurist readings of the concept see the bottom of the curve as the point of change as opposed to the peak, the negative spike is an infinite collapse | • Afro-futurist readings of the concept see the bottom of the curve as the point of change as opposed to the peak, the negative spike is an infinite collapse | ||
• This reading of the singularity describes those who are left outside of the event contrasted with those inside | • This reading of the singularity describes those who are left outside of the event contrasted with those inside | ||
• For example the western industrial revolution is told as a triumph of human technological advancement as opposed to a violent history of slavery | • For example the western industrial revolution is told as a triumph of human technological advancement as opposed to a violent history of slavery | ||
• As the iphone created a techno-sociological change in western culture, the materials needed for its manufacture created a negative spike in areas that could supply it | • As the iphone created a techno-sociological change in western culture, the materials needed for its manufacture created a negative spike in areas that could supply it | ||
• To create a human that is contextually aware of the ever-changing subjectivities, where singularities | |||
• To create a human that is contextually aware of the ever-changing subjectivities, where singularities are equal to all others in its finitude | |||
Latest revision as of 15:02, 18 February 2017
Singularities
• Singularities are often used to describe human finitude
• As the curve of change reaches an infinite gradient, reality itself will be brought into question
• Afro-futurist readings of the concept see the bottom of the curve as the point of change as opposed to the peak, the negative spike is an infinite collapse
• This reading of the singularity describes those who are left outside of the event contrasted with those inside
• For example the western industrial revolution is told as a triumph of human technological advancement as opposed to a violent history of slavery
• As the iphone created a techno-sociological change in western culture, the materials needed for its manufacture created a negative spike in areas that could supply it
• To create a human that is contextually aware of the ever-changing subjectivities, where singularities are equal to all others in its finitude