First of all, that island sounds lovely. But more importantly, you have articulated why the 21st century is so disorienting despite having more information than ever: our information is very often bad, and we are replacing the old maps built with good information, maps that have helped civilization get to where it ought to go for generations, with absolutely insane, demonic ramblings straight from the hellmouth itself.
What those of us not under the thrall of the modern-day spells need to do is preserve this once-axiomatic wisdom and create counter-maps, detailing such important information like what the definition of "man" and "woman" are, and why killing babies is bad. Sad times, but at least we have the original map to guide us.
May 9, 2022·edited May 9, 2022Liked by Alexandru Constantin
Using the concept of map to describe the technological landscape is great intuition, especially if you know in which terms geographers today use to talk about maps and territory. The will of the usual suspects is to neutralize the orientation power of the map, reduce everything to the chaos of the territory but at the same time deprive us of the reason to put order into it, as chaos and shapelessness are their core values. It is demonic, given that is the perfect opposite of human nature, and particularly dangerous.
Even in this, the concept of Renaissance that is dear to me proves useful: the Renaissance re-invented geography and cartography as sciences— our purpose is similar but even bigger, given that it is for humanity and godliness that we fight for.
By the way, I love that photo. It reminds me of Heart of Darkness, although that place looks less brooding and more cheerful than the one in the book. Also, forgive me for not interacting on Twitter at the moment; my account has been locked for the week.
First of all, that island sounds lovely. But more importantly, you have articulated why the 21st century is so disorienting despite having more information than ever: our information is very often bad, and we are replacing the old maps built with good information, maps that have helped civilization get to where it ought to go for generations, with absolutely insane, demonic ramblings straight from the hellmouth itself.
What those of us not under the thrall of the modern-day spells need to do is preserve this once-axiomatic wisdom and create counter-maps, detailing such important information like what the definition of "man" and "woman" are, and why killing babies is bad. Sad times, but at least we have the original map to guide us.
Using the concept of map to describe the technological landscape is great intuition, especially if you know in which terms geographers today use to talk about maps and territory. The will of the usual suspects is to neutralize the orientation power of the map, reduce everything to the chaos of the territory but at the same time deprive us of the reason to put order into it, as chaos and shapelessness are their core values. It is demonic, given that is the perfect opposite of human nature, and particularly dangerous.
Even in this, the concept of Renaissance that is dear to me proves useful: the Renaissance re-invented geography and cartography as sciences— our purpose is similar but even bigger, given that it is for humanity and godliness that we fight for.
By the way, I love that photo. It reminds me of Heart of Darkness, although that place looks less brooding and more cheerful than the one in the book. Also, forgive me for not interacting on Twitter at the moment; my account has been locked for the week.