About this episode
"Fascism is the desire for a simple folk tale" - Thomas Mann, I think.Substack's and LEPHT HAND's own Emma Stamm https://substack.com/@elftheory rejoins Will for a follow-up conversation on nuclear weapons technology, Martin Heidegger's Question Concerning Technology (1954), artificial intelligence, psychedelics research, and why becoming idiots might save us in the end.Follow William Engels' writing on Substack:williamengels.substack.comFollow Will's entire creative output on Patreon.com:patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreonReferences:Walter Benjamin, Sixth Thesis on the Concept of HistoryJudith Herman (Trauma and Recovery)Castle Bravo Thermonuclear Bomb TestAtoms for Peace (1954)William Lovitt edition of Heidegger's essays, including Question Concerning Technology
