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Taylor Adkins, @CNoumena, @YAgamben - Wicked Lyotard Pt 6

Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour

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Speculation on Credit and Desire: A Historical Analysis

This chapter delves into the intensified speculation on credit within companies and explores the role of desire in driving speculative bubbles. Drawing parallels to historical events such as tulip mania and the stock market collapse of 1929, the discussion highlights the destructive force of desire and its impact on the logic of the system. The chapter also examines concepts such as Hegel's vision of desire, Leotard's concept of power as potentiality, and the relationship between speculation on credit and the emulation of banks.

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