Decoding Heidegger
On the bottom of page 14 (the first half), Heidegger starts to mention what he considers is dangerous to man. He talks about how the thing that is most dangerous to man is not the atomic bomb, but man himself is his own worst enemy. The atomic bomb is of course dangerous to man, but it was man himself who thought of, made, and produced the atomic bomb. Heidegger says on the top second half of page 14 that “What threatens man in his very nature is the view that technological production puts the world in order”. Man creates many of his own problems. In Heidegger’s view, man thinks that he can solve anything with a simple machine, but it isn’t that simple. I am sure there is more to what Heidegger is saying but I am just happy that I figured out at least ONE thing out of that tangled mess.
Pun of the week: What did the German sausage say to insult the other German sausage? He said, “Your outfit is the WORST” hahaha.
P.S I commented on Will and Sophia's!
P.S I commented on Will and Sophia's!
I would say, "You really brought your worst" personally, in relation to your pun, haha. I'm right there with you, I'm not fully understanding it either, but it seems like there is a responsibility placed on man as poets, that they be needed in "destitute times." I think this is analysis of what it means for the era of poets perhaps.
ReplyDeleteThe outfit may be the worst, but I think your puns are getting better (this one made me smile).
ReplyDeleteAnd I think the talk of man being his own worst enemy is what I understood most from this. If you think about it, atomic bombs don't make themselves. So he's not wrong at all.
Hm… Technology production might not put the world in order, but does it increase disorder? Let’s ignore nature as a whole and focus on the world of man. Technological advances have given us enough WMD’s to wipe out our entire race—yet at the same time, they’ve also given us the health advancements to keep the next version of the Black Plague from ravaging the earth’s population instead. We see school shootings involving automatic weapons, but we also no longer have to do our grocery shopping in the wilderness where we run the risk of getting mauled by bears or snakebitten. Maybe the number of man-related tragedies has increased with history, but that’s because the population of the human race has also been increasing at an exponential rate. More imperfect people obviously equals more disorderly conduct and problems, but are things comparatively worse than how people struggled to survive in ancient times? Does the presence of man’s technology ultimately threaten man more than its absence?
ReplyDeleteAlthough Heidegger does believe that man can't solve everything on his own, I do like how he emphasizes that man is at least responsible for some of it. (Reaching into the abyss).
ReplyDeleteI did have a hard time understanding myself but when it mentioned how humans leave more destruction than an atomic bomb it hit me that it was so true. It is good to know I am not the only one who thought that as well. I do feel the evolving of new things like technology has helped humans destroy themselves and nature in a way and the not so best part is we created it ourselves.
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