Overcoming Nihilism with Rick and Morty

28/05/20 | By Charles Douglas Lain
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This video explains how the working class has the potential to overcome the problem of nihilism. Using examples from AI Safety videos from Computerphile and Rick and Morty we argue that Mike Neary's injunction to unlearn labor is precisely how the proletariat can overcome what Horkheimer defines as instrumental reason, which is itself a form of nihilism.

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