The Leviacene: Defining Our Times
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The Leviathan: Shaping Modern Existence
This chapter explores the concept of the Leviathan and its role in shaping modern political and corporate existence. It discusses the positive and negative consequences of the spread of this way of organizing human life and proposes the term 'Leviacene' instead of 'Anthropocene' to highlight the influence of big modern states and corporations. The speaker also questions the idea that humanity is solely responsible for the current state of the world and suggests that expecting a change in human behavior may be unrealistic.
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