I must disagree with the idea that a new programming language or
software tool can be learning in a couple of weeks.
In fact everything suggests that it takes many years to become a good
software engineer, the instant gratification of 'a couple of weeks' is
a phantasy. As for the rest - well
I enjoy reading Virilio's works, so maybe this is the result of some
congenital defect on my part, or maybe it is something that I caught
through reading, but i really think the question here is one of a
human scale. Clock time is not the same thing as human scale,
rather it is a rationalization
When I think about failures and breakdowns
I think about my favorite poem:
Pablo Neruda's Ode to Broken Things:
Let's put all our treasures together
-- the clocks, plates, cups cracked by the cold --
into a sack and carry them
to the sea
and let our possessions sink
into one alarming
As someone who really enjoys working with concepts, I like to take writings,
practical works, historical eras and manifestos as places where interesting
critical and theoretical discussions potentially linger. Post-futurism for me
is a concept, in the same way Baroque (' and Post-Baroque')
