From Dominion to Presence: Jünger, Heidegger, and Mudgal on Technology and Being
From Dominion to Presence Jünger, Heidegger, and Mudgal on Technology and Being (Full podcast transcript) Introduction: Technology, Meaning, and Three Thinkers [ Summary: The speakers introduce the core question: how to live meaningfully in a data-driven, high-speed technological age. They frame the discussion around three thinkers—Ernst Jünger, Martin Heidegger, and Rajiv Mudgal—who all address the concept of "total mobilization" but offer clashing, radical solutions. The goal is to explore the practical implications ("so what?") of their ideas for our own lives. ] Speaker 1: We're basically asking that massive question for our technological age. How do we actually live meaningful lives when everything feels driven by data, by total systems, and just relentless speed? Speaker 2: Exactly. And we're tackling this by looking at three, well, really radical answers. We've got Ernst Jünger, who kind of found a heroism in it all in mechanized li...