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The Uncontrollability of the World by Hartmut Rosa

darthie's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

junyan's review

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4.0

4.25/5
驅使著現代社會追求作用範圍的擴大的原初動機是對於共鳴的渴望,但共鳴是不受掌控的,它不能累積和貯存,也不能用現代工具手段加以提升,這與現代性建立迫使世界在一切方面都可計算、可操控、可預見和可受掌控的趨勢相違背,現代病由此而生。
越要掌控世界,將無數個偶然與意外拉入計劃之內,越會造就新的意外,因為生活總是不受掌控的,也難怪奧本海默在原子彈爆炸之後說:我們的世界自此就不再一樣了。

saxonnefragile's review against another edition

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2.0

Les descendants de l'école de Francfort ont le don de m'agacer prodigieusement. Ici Harmut Rosa alterne entre concepts fumeux, absence d'argumentation réellement empirique (Adorno a tout de même fait des enquêtes sociologiques !) et lyrisme. Aussi, le sujet qui m'intéressait, est traité de façon cavalière.

taniplea's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

3.25

echo_of_the_books's review against another edition

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4.0

Ein wichtiges Buch unserer Zeit, in der Harmut Rosa versucht zu erklären, warum wir versuchen uns die Welt anzueignen und sich die Welt uns dadurch immer wieder unverfügbar gemacht wird.
Burn-out und Depression können negative Folge davon sein.

narodnokolo's review

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

cythera15's review

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informative medium-paced

4.75

This book captures the desire and problem underlying many robot & other "perfectability" narratives. 

davidschwarz's review against another edition

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challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

_aia_'s review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

5.0

lina_reads_to_escape's review

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0