Right on. I fear you may find it difficult to get through to most people with this message, I know I have. Rationality, and its brother objectivity, give people a sense of comfort, and are socially enforced. But as Nietzsche saw, rationality is a suppression of instincts in response to the mandates of society. I like this line in Beyond Good and Evil where he seems to be talking about rationality:
"The will to overcome an emotion, is ultimately only the will of another, or of several other, emotions."
I'd even argue that what you've written doesn't go far enough. I'm looking at this from the perspective of AI, and AI has always had as its model the "rational agent". This, I believe, has severely hindered its creative capabilities and ability to generalize. I wrote about formal logic in AI in this series (https://ykulbashian.medium.com/the-green-swan-6d1bc569684f). Here's a quote from that series I think is applicable:
"Motivated, non-logical thinking is your default way of addressing the world. Out of these roots formal logic grows like a well-pruned branch. Formal logic is just a flavour or type of motivated thinking, one that tries to conform language and symbols to a communally agreed upon set of rules."
Nietzsche was so far ahead of his time, that it will take another hundred years to understand him - let alone build on top of what he understood about life.
My writing is another way looking at what Nietzsche wrote in The Birth of Tragedy between Apollo and Dionysus, and where it differs is that it supports the arguments with rationality (science)/empiricism, whereas Nietzsche mainly made assertions based on his thinking. You are correct in implying that there is a lot more to it, but I write in small nuggets because of your initial statement - most people will find it difficult to digest, and I want most people to be able to get it if they wanted to learn about it.
The vast majority of people live life without understanding these things, but I believe that the whole point is for the average person to be able to understand it so that the world can improve from the ground up. But its certainly been a challenge to do so.
Thanks for the comment. I agree with you that AI does not have the same creativity as human beings, and won't actually ever be a threat to mankind for that reason. I wrote a separate article about that here:
Right on. I fear you may find it difficult to get through to most people with this message, I know I have. Rationality, and its brother objectivity, give people a sense of comfort, and are socially enforced. But as Nietzsche saw, rationality is a suppression of instincts in response to the mandates of society. I like this line in Beyond Good and Evil where he seems to be talking about rationality:
"The will to overcome an emotion, is ultimately only the will of another, or of several other, emotions."
I'd even argue that what you've written doesn't go far enough. I'm looking at this from the perspective of AI, and AI has always had as its model the "rational agent". This, I believe, has severely hindered its creative capabilities and ability to generalize. I wrote about formal logic in AI in this series (https://ykulbashian.medium.com/the-green-swan-6d1bc569684f). Here's a quote from that series I think is applicable:
"Motivated, non-logical thinking is your default way of addressing the world. Out of these roots formal logic grows like a well-pruned branch. Formal logic is just a flavour or type of motivated thinking, one that tries to conform language and symbols to a communally agreed upon set of rules."
Looking forward to reading more from you.
Nietzsche was so far ahead of his time, that it will take another hundred years to understand him - let alone build on top of what he understood about life.
My writing is another way looking at what Nietzsche wrote in The Birth of Tragedy between Apollo and Dionysus, and where it differs is that it supports the arguments with rationality (science)/empiricism, whereas Nietzsche mainly made assertions based on his thinking. You are correct in implying that there is a lot more to it, but I write in small nuggets because of your initial statement - most people will find it difficult to digest, and I want most people to be able to get it if they wanted to learn about it.
The vast majority of people live life without understanding these things, but I believe that the whole point is for the average person to be able to understand it so that the world can improve from the ground up. But its certainly been a challenge to do so.
Thanks for the comment. I agree with you that AI does not have the same creativity as human beings, and won't actually ever be a threat to mankind for that reason. I wrote a separate article about that here:
https://derstarkerewille.substack.com/p/how-artificial-intelligence-will-help-find-your-purpose-1c2ebf434a5e