Nishiki's decelerationist thing seems internally consistent, but why anyone would want to shackle the universe's creative intelligence is beyond me.
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Maybe I am pigeonholed. If you want to spell out what kind of "evolution" or "creative power" decelerationism will make possible, I'm all ears. But as far as I can tell, it's defined in opposition to evolution.
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Capital and nature aren't rigorously separable (original essay touched on this). Genes are already primitive capital, the biosphere is already primitive mechanosphere. Those are pretty big creative avenues. So it's not clear to me what separates you from garden-variety nihilism.
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Negating "limited distinct phenomena" like environmental destrumction inevitably entails limiting future potentialities to a vast extent (most notably, AI). The trade can only be made to look appealing by romanticizing the eons of slaughter and fornication we call "nature."
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https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=warner+herzog+the+jungle&&view=detail&mid=4FBD4CDEA68E8E8C0CCC4FBD4CDEA68E8E8C0CCC&&FORM=VDRVRV … I don't think I'm going to make any progress trying to convince you, but feel free to have the last word.
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