Nietzsche and Benjamin Made Us Change our Name!

Описание: In this episode, we explore the vital practice of "slowness" and "rumination" as tools to navigate our hyper-accelerated digital age. As we rebrand as Anticlockwise, we discuss how looking backward can actually be a way of moving forward, using deep research to escape the constant churn of hot takes and trending algorithms.

Our approach is anchored in two major philosophical influences:

1. Friedrich Nietzsche and "Untimeliness": Following Nietzsche’s Untimely Meditations, we aim to address issues that transcend the specific obsessions of our era. We take inspiration from his "tortoise" readers—those who value patient, deep understanding over the speed of modern culture.

2. Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project: We draw on Benjamin’s method of creating a "montage" of forgotten archival fragments to better comprehend the present. By constellating art, literature, and history, we seek a more comprehensive view of our cultural moment.

By "wilding" our academic training, we move these inquiries out of the classroom and into the abyss of the elements—exploring how forces like ice and deep time operate beyond the fiscal quarter or the news cycle. Join us as we transition our space into Anticlockwise, a dedicated home for slow culture and deep dives into the objects and ideas that shape our world.


00:00 – Moving beyond the immediate: Introducing a new direction
01:58 – Pushing against the current of digital algorithms
03:14 – Nietzsche’s influence: The power of being "untimely"
04:02 – Choosing the path of the "tortoise": Why rumination is key
05:32 – Case Study: Victorian Botanical Gothic and Stranger Things
06:40 – Resisting the "checklist" approach to knowledge
07:42 – Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project as a model for curation
08:33 – The etymology of curiosity: Caring for forgotten fragments
09:16 – Reclaiming the joy of learning from academic "speed" and "publish or perish"
10:45 – Future outlook: Elemental Gothic, humanoids, and movement
11:50 – A thank you to our thinkers and listener

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