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technology criticism from Günther Anders

" The technical revolution is a tunnel in which the converse is not out towards the end because he runs a little straight, the darkness and grows with it the fear "(Sonnemann 1985: 182).

During the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th and in the course of the 19 Century helped to replace human muscle power, more and more by machines, the digital revolution allowed in the 20 Century by the invention of computers and the Internet, services delegate of the human brain to computers.

technological developments of the 20th Century, such as genetic engineering, Nuclear power and atomic bomb, enable the people in new ways to shape the world in which he lives. Technological achievements shape human life at all levels, technology is used at work, to obtain information , in administration, in education, in nursing, in wars. Given this ubiquity could of technology is to ask how these influence on human forms of consciousness, how they shape our thinking, and what the consequences.

The sociologist Georg Simmel assumes that the technical character of the company's mental processing power of man more than: "The deepest problems of modern life from the claim of individual to preserve the independence and individuality of his existence against the superior forces of society, historically inherited, the external culture and technique of life." ( Simmel 1995: 116) The philosopher Günther called Anders these excessive demands, the " Promethean shame" of people in the face of the machine: he speaks of a "gap" between the imperfection of man and the increasing perfection of machinery and bureaucratic modes of operation, the man physically and mentally can not be processed. Man can produce more than he imagined and responsibility than he can (see Anders 1956: VII). In reference to the "Promethean gap" and this lack of imagination, speaks of the other " antiquity of the people" - the human form of existence seems to have become superfluous, given the large number of different machines. Added to the lack of imagination is, the "Apocalypse blindness" of the people. Anders believes that "[...] with increasing effect size our imagination - and responsibility assets decreases [...] and that today none of us falls outside the scope of this law. "(Anders 1964: 32)

The technique is different not neutral but influenced by economic conditions. "It is not a mere tool is more, but of social co-actor and a presence at all levels." ( Degele / Dries 2005: 128) It influences the perception of the people by the engineering-based media, to solitary "mass hermits "(Anders 1956: 102) has become the world by people take it only as" Phantom and die "(Anders 1956: 129) wahr. Sie reagieren so nur noch auf technologische Erfindungen, sie erleiden einen Verlust ihres Subjektstatus gegenüber den Maschinen. Anders spricht hier von der „ Antiquiertheit “ menschlicher Freiheit „durch Abbau der Möglichkeiten, gegen die technischen Fertigangebote von Handlungsalternativen Stellung zu nehmen.“ (Anders 1980: 259) Den Höhepunkt dieser Entwicklung stellt für ihn die Erfindung der Atombombe dar, die „erpresserisch“ die Handlungsspielräume der Menschen festlege (vgl. Anders 1956: 252ff.)

Jedoch betrachtet Anders die Begrenztheit der menschlichen Vorstellungskraft angesichts der Auswirkungen von Technologien wie der Atombombe keinesfalls als Rechtfertigungsmöglichkeit : „[...] [D] ass dadurch unsere moralische Niederlage automatisch besiegelt sei, […] das ist nicht wahr.“ ( ebd .) Vielmehr spricht er vom Versagen der Vorstellungskraft als Möglichkeit, einen heilsamen Schock zu erleiden, der als Warnung verstanden werden kann. Welche Folgen die totale Rationalisierung der Welt durch Technik haben kann, darauf weist Anders in seinem offenen Brief an den Sohn Adolf Eichmanns („Wir Eichmannsöhne “, 1964) unter Verweis auf die industrialisierte Vernichtung von Menschen während des Holocausts hin.

But why should this reference for art criticism are still relevant today? Anders stated that we "[o] hne [the] evocation of the monstrous ^a , which is actually yesterday, [...] [are] not a step further. [...] [It] is good but then something if we understand it, exploit it and in [...] insight [to convert] that what happened yesterday was really well today, have not provided that the conditions that fundamentally changed is possible, [...] that that is the time of the monstrous perhaps no mere interregnum has been . "(Anders 1964: 18), but the conditions have changed fundamentally? Anders cites two reasons for the "monstrous": ". The machine or apparatus nature

our world today"

First, the Promethean by gap resulting lack of imagination, second (Anders 1964: 46) He describes the "principle of the Machines" (ibid . 47), the principle of maximum power that shapes the world through and through. The construction plan of machinery of any kind implies the goal of maximizing their performance. For this to happen, it must, said Anders indicate an environment that preliminary work the machines and their maintenance financed by consumption of their products. The machines strive to conquer as much of that environment for themselves. is your ultimate goal, the "total conquest" of their environment (cf. ibid . 49), with the destruction of everything human, natural, all that is associated "non-machine". Consequence would be so different, a world that is still only from machines that are dependent on each other to continue to exist - the world would in this case a single large machine, composed of many machine parts. This "techno-totalitarian empire" (. ibid: 53) looks different in the mid 1960s near - even if it has not yet occurred, but some of his former predictions correct: "[...] the accumulated machine empire, [...] the size of tomorrow's world [is] global and thus be continuously [...]" (ibid . 54). As proof of the correctness of his theory of the machine totalitarianism Anders leads the growing nuclear arms: For the employees in the nuclear industry is true that their functions so as conscientiously by leading because "they saw in himself nothing more than pieces a machine, [...] because they , Prisoners' of their special tasks, so many walls by the end of separate, remained, because they were incapacitated by its enormous size, to imagine him [...]" (ibid . 55). The capitalist division of labor contributes to the fact that "we [...] are doomed to focus on tiny pieces of the overall process" ( ibid . 46), so that we lose sight of the overall process and especially for its effects. It looks different with the risk of tech world: "The industrial production of corpses in the concentration camps similar to civilian office and factory work was organized Are Because of that division of labor: labor differentiated , engineered as well as an extensive network of mutual dependencies and command chains secured, with the intention of neutralizing the monstrous task of moral largely "(144 Degele / Dries 2005). people just cogs in the machine to the other is that the world has become through the machines. Everyone adds can then become Eichmann said Anders' thesis.

Anders' critique of technocracy is associated with the philosophy of history view of critical theory, which is also a "mismatch between scientific and technological Fortschritt auf der einen und Entfremdung, politischer Unterdrückung, Verlust der Werte […] auf der anderen Seite“ ( Hubig 2000: 162) betrachtet, und so die technologische Entwicklung nicht zwangsläufig mit der Entwicklung hin zu einer besseren Gesellschaft gleichsetzt. Welche gesellschaftlichen Konsequenzen technokratisches Denken haben kann, wird in Theodor W. Adornos Aufsatz „Kultur und Verwaltung“ deutlich, in dem er Kultur als das bezeichnet, was „der nackten Notdurft des Lebens“ enthoben ist (Adorno 1972 : 124), das „über das System der Selbsterhaltung der Gattung Hinausweisende“, das „allem Bestehenden, allen Institutionen gegenüber essential critical moment "(contains ibid. 131). This will take but, if life is organized by machine: only the idea of \u200b\u200ba direct purpose for the functioning of the whole can be assigned to the task that is recyclable can, under the rule of instrumental reason and its management practices endure. Administrative means smooth summary of all elements in a monolithic block, because "the more firmly joined them [is], the greater the chance other to assert themselves" (ibid . 125). Friction means criticism, and criticism dies [...] from, because the critical spirit [...] in the end that bothers like sand in the machine. He seems antiquated [...] "(ibid . 138), as well as the man himself appears at the other machines and the effects made possible by them against antiquated. . In confusing the whole world are managed "[...] the Manager no less than the bureaucrats scapegoats [...] "(ibid . 133) Adorno warns against the" growing organic composition of the people '- from having in themselves, the share of the apparatus similar to the spontaneous spreading as in material production [...]. "( . ibid : 137) The technocratic management practices which result based on the technological development, technology is a tool of oppression, it contributes to the alienation of man from himself to himself: The "high-tech, advanced industrial society 'is the highest . stage of the alienation of man from himself - namely, an alienation that no longer felt as such, but in identification with the circumstances as they are, is neutralized "(Wood 2000: 255)

Anders asked the man must regain his status subject to the machine, and wishes a reflection of the potential impact of technology and its destructive power in the form of nuclear or environmental disasters. This reflection is possible only if it is possible the man a "moral imagination" to win back that helps to develop a sense of not imagine consequences of such disasters. The consequences caused by the division of labor to prevent isolation , Anders suggests the following oath:

" [I swear] to accept any work or carry out, without the prior examination as to whether they direct or indirect destruction work (are); [And] the work in which we participate just to give up if this should prove to be such a direct or indirect destruction work . "(Anders 1986: 137)

Furthermore, it is deemed necessary to recognize that the abstract, detached work der_die individuals within the division of labor system performs, "as even the most adventurous cybernetic machine on living subjects [reject]" (Adorno 1972: 145). If then the "moral imagination" preserves, not to forget these vital subjects, and who is the dialectic of the technical Hilfsmittel bewusst ist und sich ihrer „[…] unbeirrbar, kritisch bewusst bedient, vermag stets noch etwas vom dem zu realisieren, was anders wäre als bloß verwaltete Kultur.“ (Adorno 1972: 146)

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1 „Das Monströse“ nennt Anders die Tatsache, dass „es institutionelle und fabrikmäßige Vertilgung von Menschen gegeben hat; und zwar von Millionen. Dass es Leiter und Handlanger dieser Tätigkeiten gegeben hat […]; dass Millionen in einen Zustand gebracht und in diesem gehalten wurden, in dem sie nichts davon wussten, […] weil sie nicht davon wissen wollen durften.“ (Anders 1964: 17)

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The inflationary Information

Lieber Leser (1), in diesem Blogeintrag wird es sich um Information drehen. „Aha“, könntest du mir jetzt antworten und weiter die Seite runterscrollen, ohne weiterzulesen, wie du es have done so far with all other entries as well. Because you find yourself on the Internet and will close geballert from all sides (a fashion, slang word, reminiscent of a war-like state) of information. Whether it was the flashing banner on the right hand side (which there are at least not on this blog), which open in the background, Facebook, the flashing message announcing new e-mail, or running on YouTube Music. Details of the information you're bombarded with on which you consume and keep you from staying here and read this or the next text (not to fly over). But, I ask you, dear reader, what are these for Information? And at the same time would establish a thesis: you're lying under an inflationary (another fancy buzzword) use of the word information. It sounds as if it is theoretical now, and yes, it is.

Literally translated from the Latin is inflation "swelling". Inflation is now a technical term from the industry, more specifically, political economy, which is why it is of course to the swelling of money in the money supply, respectively. The term is also always thought along that the volume of goods is stagnating or at least not to the same extent as the money supply increases. This changes the ratio between the intermediate medium of exchange imaginary money and the quantity of goods, which means a loss in value of money. This relationship can be transferred to other phenomena, for which the word has come up "inflationary", which can be used as defined as an attribute for something that is associated with the characteristics of inflation. For the inflationary

information would be a dramatic increase in the level of use of the word, accompanied by a mean loss of senses.

The word information has its origins in the Latin informare, which means something like "create, shape, form". In forming its figurative meaning (through education, inform empower ") gets the word in the late Middle High German. During the 15th and 16 Century is changing the meaning further "provide information" towards the powers and "Notify". In an echo remains to tutors, receive fine. Thus, the tutor is still up to the 19th century known as "informer". At the end of the 19th century the term used mainly by newspapers, the "information" with their news and messages. In the first half of the 20th century, the concept of information is then taken up by different sciences and eingebau in a variety of theories, where he undergoes a major change. Nämlich durch die Annexion des Begriffes in die Informationstheorie. Die Informationstheorie stammt aus der Mathematik, ist dem Bereich der Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und der Statistik zuzuordnen und gilt als Wegbereiter von Theorien zur Datenübertragung. Die Information wird hier plötzlich zu einem technischen Begriff.

Fragt man nach, ab wann eine Information eine Information ist, was sowohl in der Erkenntnistheorie als auch in der Informationstheorie geschieht, wird einem bewusst, was für ein fundamentales, neuzeitliches Problem hier auftaucht: Für einen Empfänger sind Daten dann eine Information, wenn er sie entschlüsseln kann. Für einen Erkenntnistheoretiker respektive einen Philosophen, ist der Empfänger But a person for the information theorist, the receiver can also be a machine. In humans, however, the decryption of data, the question of what it receives as information, much more complex than a machine. For a machine is a zero or a one has any information. For a machine to an information one hundred percent reproducible.

In the second half of the 20th Century, increases the use of the word frequency information strongly and the two different categories of information falling into place completely. Because of modern technology receives the neurobiology an unexpected boost. You can watch the brain suddenly in his work. The result the idea of \u200b\u200bbuilding a machine brain because the brain does not seem to differ much from a computer: the neurons give it further on the chemical and then converted into electronic pulses only, please. This euphoric notions of an early artificial intelligence disappear relatively quickly, but the ideas of a technical operation of the people remain, while trust in a centuries-long research, philosophy, namely, vanishes on the information recording and transfer of man (epistemology) .

To give an example: Recently, an article appeared in the Süddeutsche Zeitung (on page 11:02:11 18 to have created links to the online version see below) about the study by a research team that believes a review of the information growth in the last 25 years. But even if it is addressed on the edge of one of the researchers, that information is something that "what matters in a person," the article represents a purely technical notion of information. It establishes a comparison between a lot of books with 13 volumes each other and covered the entire area of China is to reflect the 2007 existing digital data set. But what kind of information that are as compared to each other? Put in such a lot of books the same information as on the pooled Hard disk drives that are not only e-books and music, movies, photos and other texts are included? A binary code is easy to compare with another, it can be copied exactly and it can be precisely defined as a unit. If you want to define, however, which is an information for a person align themselves with very different questions. For example: How will we store information? What is forgotten in this context? And what do we do with the information? As we come to knowledge and insight with the information? All these questions seem hidden in the mentioned article and indeed in our "information age". All letters on this page is of eight binary codes of one byte. Each letter consists of eight for the computer information. Once you call the page is stored, that once all information has been disclosed. But if the page is received, if someone (a man) wins from their information, is another matter. With such a long text, for example, already unlikely that anyone will read this page completely, much less win than longer-term information from them.

you, dear reader, could naturally provide a small counter-argument, if you've persevered this far. Therefore, I would like not withhold what I reproach you with my initial thesis will. Ich habe gezeigt, dass sich das Verständnis von einer Information gewandelt hat. Der Begriff wird von vielen Wissenschaften genutzt, die aber unterschiedliche Ansprüche an ihn stellen, weshalb er an Kontur verliert. Einher geht das mit einer extrem gestiegenen Nutzungsfrequenz. In den letzten vier Jahren tauchten die Wörter Information, Informationen und informieren rund 50.000 in der Print-Ausgabe der Zeit in den unterschiedlichsten Kontexten auf. Um nun aber das Attribut inflationär auf die Information anwenden zu können, bleibt zu fragen: Bedeutet der Konturverlust des Informationsbegriffes denn auch einen Werteverlust? Oder auch: Was steht der gestiegenen Menge der Verwendung des Begriffes Information an Wert gegenüber?

Money is the intermediate medium of exchange for goods. If one tries to define as part of a settlement to the information as an intermediate medium of exchange, so were their partners the knowledge . The information is decrypted consist of sensations, these can be sorted and assigned, networked, and thus transform into knowledge. This is out at least for the people of an epistemological argument.

Well, "the knowledge of mankind" in recent years has also increased explosively, which is not to confuse but with the knowledge of a person. We do observed already by Georg Simmel division of labor driven into extremely varied, so the Gesamtwissen, auf welches theoretisch zurückgegriffen werden kann, steigt, das Wissen insbesondere das Allgemeinwissen des Einzelnen aber abnimmt. Wir nehmen zwar mehr Informationen, also Sinneswahrnehmungen die wir entschlüsseln können wie Texte und Bilder in Form von Werbeplakaten, Fernsehern, Zeitungen, Büchern etc., denn je in einer modernen Mediengesellschaft auf, die wenigsten davon entsprechen allerdings Informationen, die einen längerfristigen Wert haben und somit als Allgemeinwissen betrachtet werden können. Es scheint so, dass wir tatsächlich mit Informationen zugeballert werden; mit Werbung beispielsweise die bewusst versucht, unsere Aufmerksamkeit zu wecken, und uns Informationen zu übermitteln. Deshalb müssen We Make necessarily more information, many of which are useless or have only a very short useful, before we reach a longer-term knowledge.

So, dear reader, at this stage, you are the inflationary information.

(1) To all gendering officer of the world: with the masculine form of address used in this article the readers are of course also meant the readers.

link to the article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/datenwachstum-der-digitalisierten-welt-explosion-des-cyberspace-1.1058394