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    Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Epimetheus (French: La technique et le temps, 1: La faute d'Épiméthée) is a book by the French philosopher Bernard Stiegler, first published by Galilée in 1994.

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    Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Epimetheus (French: La technique et le temps, 1: La faute d'Épiméthée) is a book by the French philosopher Bernard Stiegler, first published by Galilée in 1994.

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    “Translared by Richard Beardsworth and George Collins Seenond Usiveriy Pre Suanford California 998 TECHNICS AND TIME, 4 The Faull of Epimerheus Bernard Stiegler en Contents Transeo? Nove » Genera Inradaction 1 Ineodution 1 Theories of Feshnicl Evolution 52 Technology and Anthropology ‘55 Who? Whae The Invention ofthe Human Ineodvetion 51 Prometheus Liver ‘2 Already There $5 The Disengagement of the Whur Nowe 9 Biblegrapy 2 2» & a4 8 85 29 General Introduction ‘Doyo ait hice a wea aang pin? itiisncain, hn tose scan poe Ta of twig psf he momen ich nhl henge ce 0 ces sous kr ala rain lle wold ‘whsodewomine hs ange mating cena opopne ecg ease evel se came ala danse ‘tha meme the ate fr of ce taming pe ead Sree Mace Bho A the beginning of its history philosophy scpacsts tein from ‘pind, a dsinctionehac had not yet ben made in Homeric times. The ‘separation is determined by apolitical cont, one in which the philoso. her acouses the Sophis of instumenealiing the lag ashetri and lo spgraphy thats, as bouh an instrumenc of power and a renunciation of nowiedge (Chdteler 1965, 60-61). Ie is in the inheritance ofthis con- fict—in which the philosophical ‘pine i pitched agains the sophis- ‘ie el, wherey ll echaical knowledges devaluedhat the sence of technical ens in gener conceive rey maturing. has within ils Begining of movement a ret ‘whee the "monemen” ica ocomation, growth orden ora guaiae shang. [whereas] not one product of at hs the sure of sown pr ‘hci wih le [No form of sel-ausalt”animatesrechaial brings. Owing otis on tology, the analysis of technics is made in tems of end ard means which implics necesily chat no dynamic proper belongs co technical being. ‘Much later, Lamarck distributes physical bodies into wo principal Fick fis, che physiochemisty of inet bsings, and second, the sc ence of organic beings There ae «vo sis of boy: the inorganic i} non-living, inanimate, ines theo si] what beth, fed and eprodace tl “neil doomed wo ‘ke Lamarck, Plaapie nlge}. Organon becomes see with ‘hein, Beings are deiniely sepmated fom things: aso 9 ot) A Gener Itrsduction “To these ew ceions f beings correspond evo dynamics: mechanics and biology: Lodged beeen them, ctl beings ae nothing but a hyd, ‘enjoying no move ontological seats than they didi ancien philosophy. ‘Since mate osves acide thé mark of vil activity, 2 ries of ob jev thar are manuficrared over a period of ime dos nohing but report, tm evelain: a rechnical being belongs eseailly to mechanics. doing li- ‘de more than conveying dhe vital behavior of which cis bora thin race, "Envsaging the possibility of a techno-logy that would constiuce a ofthe evolution of technic, Mare outline anew perspective. En txts evoked dialectic between tol and hand that wat 10 trouble che frontier bensen the inere and ee organic. Te the same petiod,achacol>, ‘ogy dscnered manuficated abject por ancient than those known b= fore, and after Darwin te oxigins of humanity became a vexed question. Gilbers Kapp developed his theory af organic projection, which inspired the work of Alfred Espns atthe end of the aineteeth century. At che ‘moment when historians ofthe Industral Revolucion began to consider the role played by new forms of technic, the discipline of edhrology tmased enough documentation on primitive industries forthe questi of technieal development ineducble 9 she disciplines of sociology an ‘ropology, gneral hits, and psychology, nally to impose is impor- tance. On the basis of this wok, Berrand Cle, Andeé Lewo-Gouthan, and Gilbert Simondon elaborated i this eneury che coneeps of echni= ‘al set, technical tendency, and proces of concretion, Lodged escen mechanics and biology, technical being came vo be considered 3 complex of heteogencous forces. In a parallel development, ‘hile ndustcaastion was overbrowing bath the contemporzy order of Inowledge and contemporary socal organization, eechaies acquired a new place in philosophical qusioning, Philosophical efetion was now Foced with such widespread technical expansion that ll for of know ‘edge were mobilized by and broaghe closer Co, the Fk of instrumentl- igs to which scence, with is ends determined by the imperatives of eo nomic srugle or war, and wit it epistemic status shifting 2cconingy, tecame more and more abject. The power that emerged fom this new relation was unleashed jn the course of the ewo word wars. While [Nanism cook hold of Germany, Hassel analyzed the echnicizacion of mathematical chought by algebre in tens ofa technique of ealultion, ‘ne that he traced back o Galo, For Huser, this proces gave rs 0 Sn arthmticiation of geometry shat, General incrodectin 3 ls emia erm nig eat tonal fore ahs ene tn hm oe nope ine Sepa eee Naneraon alo ony sing and sp to ote dc intentionality that underlies. snatcry aoc Me tn asta con, oe le th gromeri igieion dein he Socound samara, inked one du sages sa ee seeing nt the dh tesa ig mage OF our ne dor aati a nono see ok alton: ve his, one ve, oe mikes coe he {id mores dpc, ym” manag a) ‘The technsiration of seience cnsteute i ideic ini tutes eit Minding. Considered in terms ofthe Leibnizian project of 4 mathaswnitenais, the eaosing dlsplacement of meaning leads to an elaboration of metho hat is mee physical. Algebraic rithmic, chrough which natu falls under system atic insrvetion” and intrumentalication, 4 wn io 2 pres of waitin wich. become mee at singh ing wc cdg tues srg” king ser gnc ny meng ei ‘rs end ath ote cot nd in ended 6) “esac is wht profes os of memory, wala the case in Pla Phd In th dilogucssgig of cote nen ops it and philosopher, hyponneslgeraphy mente the note ‘memory of knowl, npn ens conan leery they cen dying Whi dre finn. hl ‘ome deine the ence of mada de memay of ogee des intuiions pon which al poi process sed menage founded is om. Techncaion cough eel devs Wencs ole: down a path hc leads os ngeving of ts on ich abo fgg ofits th. Thi thee ofthe Europe scence Wihours foundation of sional phowpy, sclnce” hava eth bj al of ny wenelns, edo te han of the wo. Ths fate amnouned i hsv comext im who ae thewordeofG. Grane 4 Gover Inout yet humans. le Caner and Huse din the 93 0 apport thet offi bbs” was fr of "epneraton” of made ‘ina phbsoph. (Grane 976, 5) An exci analytic (in eieggers sens) no longer seek orefound tonal philvophy: i the techniciation of knowledge remains atthe hare of the Hevdepesrian reflection on che history of being, sia appa iis esence, to be given ovr to calculation: ratios 3 vechniel proces that consis the Gl (ar-atonnement} ofl bing. And er 3 rch more profound level, destiny and “history” are alo thought by Heidegger in terms ofan originary technic, articulating the analyses ‘of werldhood athe dose ofthe 20 withthe “other though” of Tne nd Being inthe age of cyeenesie withthe reading of Anzigonein in Introduction to Metapbren "The Age ofthe Weld Pere,” aa Idoticy «and Diffirencelying in berwcen* “The theme of forgzting dominates Heidegger’ thinking of being. Be ing is historia and the history of beng is nothing but its inscrpcion in technic. I tru sel thought in ers ofthis riginaryfogeting it ‘in inanfr as the determination ofthe meaning of ali al echoes he Platonic seucrae of seminiscence such ait is determined in opposition ‘ohypomnesi memory, while this memory constiues the destiny of be- Ings the forgetting of being. "Thinking truth stan exie fiom “withdrawal” and the hissory of being ss forgeting wil ead neces o thinking time within the horizon of "monginayechnicity gue an oignary forgetting ofthe otigin, Foe Uei- legge, frgeting is inscribed: ist inthe existential constitution of DDascin as insteumentaity or equipmenvaiy and, via equipment a8 cl- ‘liton 3 second ithe (Westen) history of Being, thought since the preSoctaics as omorsis since Plato as correctness (ether), and, wth Descartes ad Leltni,scording eo de principle of razon thet de Texmines mathaewniversliras slattion Heidegger's tellection upon technics only becomes clea, isa ast isla, feis understood on thse two level ar once: on the fst the ex isentalsrueture of Daten, 362 relation ta time determined by x= tnsemporaiy on the second, s¢ the destiny of dh Western history of be ing through the “nctpbysial” history of philasophy in which being x ret Mnaion mani sn economic one (Ge 970 Team dena lhe stn herby cates ie cae Thevociatann which anova con work hem sires dough Goal, conor plie, te) Bond the far Fo.ng dna so encom sh problem of echloia in seated apo ee abyss pry hat an n= Ter nade ebulrby anne tortion singe pe ‘Tb wee wucinconenorary ec, gen a spect Ticks the den meng poems hr sped mpl. This © ihc mae snes ch amos suppor vane ese Theres of Tibial Eason p set pmsl noi og nt ‘Sorin ech depeche $i cot iag deta penne pier aprertairee Diced meee wien cpa? Cs Se eae tty endo sinicloninedbi nau eran igen ed errhp whit Taman atten HiFi Sinclar late port ove ecard dea RU cats cena rows terghl ee aia te Seip Fon aes ows TE uh iin wen i fn te Taste Sochioay pierce men ne Ramer gece ere eaeieelenedpeaei fae erase isp pe algo icc inl ce ha oes ah Industrial Investment: A Joint Evolution of the Technical System, dae Economic System, and the Apparatus ofthe Sente ‘The question of fnvesment—that is ofthe adjustment between the management of capital he management of the existing means of pro ‘dation, and the development of the potas ofthe tech ys tem—deserves particular atearon, eo the extent thatthe neteenth- ‘entuy industrial cechncal system impesed a profound reorganization ofthe economic system. Feom the pont of vcw of eluions between the industrial echnical sytem and the economic one he later separates ee * The Invenio of the Human nwo sbssems the banking sem and she produce or nite Manca) sem as such, Ths cen question points wo 2 supe arepay char malen eins, the Framework of “Thar Cech te cl of nsaton, cape of opting ain dl collect retina” (974.68 Innovation canto a without investment, and invement imps val aal To mobile his pital, ineration mast sain) Mente must inthe songs ene ofthe frm cst eit fo i {SE Thr accent, ego vn out drng the expansion of he la- {eal Reino, tan dona with oan oe fon which pesuppsed ages invest and oqased ht thee aoa eda incl styrene he nowy eee ‘adit fhe cial syste Thin he conta in which se i Sec conpany andthe sock markt stem developed, ith the aim of ‘ving the moby of epi what Max Weber al the “aoa ‘ano pclrn® (x8. tab, Thin ee Bnaled ansfomaton oF ‘Shnomeuraniatins in which che final secon becomes au- tcoomous wih ear to pdsnn, aay underging developments thane dain fo th theoreti emo a wel the mage fd the speculate the so-called “nancial buble” becoming 397 temomow osc an etent ha ifn eit of rom productive va rand func according wa loge oF blt or of ce) mas tecmined bythe prormnce of lcommciaon and compu ‘prom nthe mangement of ncaa. Cail change be be ime pile of nformatonl management elected in aneie- StL Te chang ae dma ot exchanged and proces nd mo Tonge monary mass Deion made “ns nanosecond areal th ptionmed on eis indore dealing primary with she stock spits tense and wth macosconomic eon neering with {Tem and nr elon ofthe across ieaton of partie TFs Ec thr sems to Ba echnologildterminis in he ear son ofthe ceonomie ey, the Bh of modern capitalism appeaing tequed bythe bth onal echin hen coves nud be camino of the chal system of themdramis Beyer thao ind ehnicsin general i cononed by anew tnpanaton of the economic system, whic ia supposes an acum Theorie of Thiel Esoaton 5 Iain ofp Ines, he ia singulechnw seani eons Aono cnn face and ee scene thetnarmaton of he connie em ciate san ween bere sh opens we uae cape ol thepopniy of cna vy ow ima an preremen Foor conmegece onan cal se ples Grogs 1nd wold he kw Caer) The pl nar mca Satuton and natalie nd al iio ht ofa frm of merenon sd ivnent on te mow sole see pon “Ty dest he manic oinoraion fo ndesand how as caing conven ope The nmr janie whch eons Athen Gd wl ad ede he nll eons Pcie, “ot py heed Indeed ec har Dove pn of dts orn becom snc ech Sc Cl yan copy dab iain ake pet en fs pose fame fea. pea a durbance of the ating sem the ope anon Propel th ft clon of he cna gs Tn uion eer yee deepest nest a peal Iodeiaon or Comat iannaon Weave mpl eae he forint aon of te comes fe pee Seto theconomc ym Bute ne maa inden ‘Stan “fried sme ofwcompsting he poco Clason”, pls an ina ny wea eon Sra ena mma ad tee ter 0 te Chr ees bc pa sve elem ced sce progam frm i ‘ep eaniacon in fc developmen comand intrtees tml dy which if es oman ‘Trica Speic se consoumen of oepecnsopcay, ‘reno nontny ins oto and ean Ges Scion fhe sco of eatons hgh ina ee ie merece iy se don male enn em, punt ce pct of nui daconea dren icp ot iy be in ich al ore morn ease ne tole ono ° The Ivemion of the man ‘Constant Innovation: A New Relation Beeween Tebhnd and Epitome Caryn ein hypothe fhe sone ewpont oi exten li oe nt umn te he Pench Revolution wat perhaps le telson ofthe exigency tha the ight of the us be guarantee, {Ges capme of per by the Borgen thin an adaption of he tiny toa me eal oscn through th ll deeopment of wae ‘Faerie ork: ile ales peed boeing in he ular of ch ype, ag comida toe enloee: termange echel p st ncrene i he soca economic trnformdons ta mich xe pooner han in wht pale po ical runaionsand manage nthe olinay sen Beee thy de {hle"The tension of thal and economic sem ody word ‘limes inte echno-conomicqusion of owe Hn ate been seni neo alr tj cic of teal progr the diene between wen dicavery an tech tel invertion we shuld dow never, under the ghening tes ewen ec sd ls gran ute temporary tech by wich te conan of ae doncry i ‘are tssormed, om the very binning of moder ech the “Tete of iene dicey to echo iventin a then 0 ‘Cina innovator hs conser shortened “One hed ewe ape dn oe alpen {ove phogaph and phoogphy il 727-9 wheres dhe Wane tine alee wy lpr tudo, wea on, eure for radar rhe seam Som, fe forthe tonne or) This ection in del ia ‘hltof nha Weber, Marcuse and Habermas el ronan” prices al new elation bee sce od ech (nd pole), bled by way the ecomomy. ur fo of techni eelon have append: chic poges as invention, vechnia propes a innovation, exonomie an sa roy an scenic pre Starting rom he nda Revol Toi War and Baton and prsiney wh comemporry in ‘dnd echt conomi proc as ben ned om conta an Satin thar onan ever motes nd ve ae rarfomaton oF Ue tedncal sen and an indies commer, ofthe “oh 5 Theories of Techical Evolation ” tems” thas rosa of the wold, ein a wall ina tanforaation of the tclaion between tbinz and dpiime. Gls points out two combina tions characterise of modern cence, involving scientific pages, techni progres as nveation, eceicd progres at innovation, and eco ‘nomi and socal proges scenic progren-—inventin innovation and invention innovation —rowth (1978, 70). ‘The first combination would pose scientific discovery as pressure en ‘ounserng a convergence on the side of innovation (in inde, with invention the middle erm. Initative ie then onthe side of cea, val ovine by industry In he second combination, where innovation i the ‘mide tem ndaiv becomes much more economic, research i incor porated inco the enterprise, science is commanded by developmen: seems that in this ease, the prenute comer shove all fom the nee of grows, iter in onder to aceleae dhen selon of «new ec sten, eo remedy diortins in che rogses asthe economic or soil stems, Un all domain hee apa sap collective movement. The vente has les importance than th teptenur wh decides and establishes the junction beeen fi fn sovaions. (Gile978, 72) Here we ee che beginning of what wil become rescach and develop- ‘ment in the modern sense, and which i the origin of whac has bee called technoscience. On the grounds ofthis new relation between $e ence, technical system, and economic system, the state develope gua "technosructuz” “ecoeracy" aiming tthe regulation of the cans fer proceses within cach system. This the waneormation alyzed in "The Age ofthe World Pieute™ (Heidegger 1977) fom the vantage of the history of being. With contemporary echnis, in which "lente and technical progress are. - increasingly linked,” in which “economic tnd scientific progres can o0 longer Function separately” (Gill 1978, 13-74) thre sa mera ef mening inthe grr heme: longer i havation wher ron fom invention: ia global proce wiring ince incention. it prorams there of inoention. "Bor, invention, 10 be ap- plied, had to wate until echnical, economic and social condivons ad ‘9 forth had become favorable, Henceforth, the dee fo innovation i ‘ites invention” (4). Research and development ret on this inversion ilstrated by the example ofthe erator ofthe Philips company, Doctor ols, who inaugurates the time of actual induc eseatch, with his ° he etion ofthe Han cor abr athis dps: ths wat an be ll echo Sh ‘eden in wafer delys menonl above 2 chances of conor ech hele sofia betwen en ‘Gisntand sent diner. Resestch oreo ate then masiey “Shot by nd aes Anion tthe mot gba ee ‘Stony cmmanded by invesmentcluinon collective desion- Sidey eporleaon in hr etiny submited the cho Rami perates eating is esaon This isa wl he dom eign raceran uniatsndigfine. An nceigy crush qo Tee iron pod by this undenonding eat of the ajsmen SiR ache eas eed lal ander the mame “are Thourngaacn) of ech tei which de ean ewsen ‘Semmens sone eee animes nich ‘ferential colon screed ona sae ncommensrbe Tah the former enka ems, nen ile does oe saa he Sly auhan say ben ene ne ped of eons tebe ht we ne myers evinged the ques {hatcinnonny to bingaboura now uneranding of he elaon of ttm he chia "iw ae heading oy ova anon ec Maltese quan of sng oc ont inal eos ‘ier e io tcc wth th cre tem” G78 70). fives FS py depen no xp om she French ith Ba teen cn ep e usinofpaig ee sal anfomaton of soy Assy fest anova, reer bet no longer posi: the movement mst be come ier fcolling te eel orc whey th ses epee {utpemeni arte the ongantation of che future ha of aa nga mae of ungsingacrin ebnlgilpogs in TAILS Tou wun cece dome TS ag afer fa he neo spon In all doin see EL mig domain he fre rs be rnd iow) cin: “he probe is one of oration gute programming loge res ch mesh ne st eine lato ‘Wid calling into question such a implication, alle deplores in his Theories of Teicl Esoaton s

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