The idea of post-human asteroids that work for us is not new. A Soviet biologists in late 1920’s had an idea of creating super-workers breeding humans with apes. Zizek is claiming that contrary to the belief that capitalism is a historical phenomenon and being human is trans-historical it’s the other way round – humanity is historical, it’s dead. Countries like USA or China have been involved in the process of post-humanisation; extended digitalization of people’s data shows that computers are able to predict human behaviour if given enough data. He’s bringing up the examples of couples that fate was predicted by the computer, and people who voted more on the right that AI suggested. Heagel – determinant negations.
Can I have a coffee without cream? -We don’t have a cream, so I can’t give you a coffee without cream. I can give you a coffee without milk.
