WHAT I'M WORKING ON ...
A BOOK CALLED "BEYOND THE AGE OF MACHINES"
With artwork by Marcus Neustetter.
A vision and a manifesto for a 21st-century science that no longer views the world, and everything in it, as a machine.
Our 12 Theses:
1. The age of machines, modernity, is coming to an end.
2. The world is not a machine; not even like a machine.
3. The world is large, far exceeding anyone’s grasp.
4. We are not machines. No living organism is a machine.
5. The world is not a set: there are strict limits to formalization.
6. Organisms constantly create meaning by engaging the world.
7. To engage the world is to solve the problem of relevance.
8. To solve the problem of relevance is to formalize the world.
9. Everything that makes sense, makes sense to someone.
10. There is no meaning without life, without self-preservation.
11. There is no meaning without death, without suffering.
12. To be a true realist means to acknowledge all of the above.
A vision and a manifesto for a 21st-century science that no longer views the world, and everything in it, as a machine.
Our 12 Theses:
1. The age of machines, modernity, is coming to an end.
2. The world is not a machine; not even like a machine.
3. The world is large, far exceeding anyone’s grasp.
4. We are not machines. No living organism is a machine.
5. The world is not a set: there are strict limits to formalization.
6. Organisms constantly create meaning by engaging the world.
7. To engage the world is to solve the problem of relevance.
8. To solve the problem of relevance is to formalize the world.
9. Everything that makes sense, makes sense to someone.
10. There is no meaning without life, without self-preservation.
11. There is no meaning without death, without suffering.
12. To be a true realist means to acknowledge all of the above.
Here are animated shorts that summarize each chapter,
and a lecture series that will (eventually) cover the entire book.
and a lecture series that will (eventually) cover the entire book.
OUR ARTS & SCIENCE COLLECTIVE: THE ZoNE
One of my greatest passions is to combine arts & science for exploratory and educational purposes.
I am a founding member of the arts & science collective The ZoNE in Vienna.
There is a playlist of our performances.
We staged two major exhibitions in 2025:
"Intangible" at gallerie rauminhalt in Vienna (see also this image gallery), and
"Rewilding" at Schloss Lind in Neumarkt, Styria.
I am a founding member of the arts & science collective The ZoNE in Vienna.
There is a playlist of our performances.
We staged two major exhibitions in 2025:
"Intangible" at gallerie rauminhalt in Vienna (see also this image gallery), and
"Rewilding" at Schloss Lind in Neumarkt, Styria.
If you'd like to book us for a performance (online/on-site), an exhibition, or any other kind of intervention, contact me here.
