Before discussing when the current human race will reach the Anthropocene, we have already guessed what the Anthropocene is. We humans expect and delight in being subordinated to alien substances or to the dinosaurs that lived before. That is our history. The new materials of the Anthropocene, plastic and concrete, are the best choices to renew our remaining consciousness from the age of dinosaurs. Where do these products go? Are they walking with us toward death?
If the speed of geology, the speed of history, and the speed of humans waiting for death are the same, for whom and how much do they advance and how much do they stop? Do you think waiting for such a chicken game is more useful than bringing about social change?
If their speeds do not match, who will be ahead and who will be behind in our progress? Is it only when this happens that we can see the completion of this era? We step on the accelerator not for forward or backward, but simply for the destination. When we reach the destination, what awaits us will not be an empty house, but collapsed pillars and beams. That is why the political declarations and challenges of accelerationism are dangerous.
This society, which I feel and you feel, is changing rapidly. However, we do not know that there is something that is regressing at the same rate. First, it is a problem regarding the environment. All the environments surrounding humans were created by human hands. Humans exist within this environment and have always progressed forward. Progress that breaks through the internal shape reduces the internal volume of the environment.
The problem is not only this. The second problem is about life. Life does not always move in a straight line. The various twists and turns of life make humans face various situations. Should we always be afraid until we consider the possibility of becoming a fossil after death?
Finally, there is the issue of safe death. As we feel that we have lived our lives to the fullest as human beings, we tend to forget that there are populations that do not. This is because of deaths that are unjustified by humans, such as war, famine, starvation, and disease. Waiting for death in a way that acknowledges humanity makes humans try to be human.
The speed of what is located at each point is not enough to be cynical and dismiss everything as useless. However, in the circular arena where these things collide, there are clearly winners and losers who collide. Will the winner be placed with the spoils, or will the loser be left in the dirt? Should humans exist to solve this problem? Where should they exist? Should they be buried in the ground like fossil fuels and excavated by the language of archaeology?
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