Philosophy of the Machine 4

This chapter tells of the origin of the god Zeus, who was
originally Zeus metallon, a metallurgical godhead reflecting the
social practices of mining and metal extraction. Underpinning
Jacques Lacan's beautiful remark: the gods are from the field of
the real.


Vertigo of the Proteus. Swindle of Art. That behind every
realization, a universe of discarded possibilities opens up: all
the possible worlds that have not been realized.


From: The Philosophy of the Machine, translated by Hopkins
Stanley and Martin Burckhardt. (to be published)


To listen to previous chapters:


Philosophy of the Machine 3


Philosophy of the Machine 2


Philosophy of the Machine 1


Here’s the link to the original German edition.


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