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The Forum allows users to participate in conversations around shared blog posts, taped video encounters, and podcasts. Possible topics for such conversations include current events, Illichian concepts, and the intersection between Illich’s thought and that of others. The specific content of the conversation and the format in which it is conducted is left to participants.
Hi Nilo,
I read your post and attached article with great interest. I agree that it makes little sense to demand a 'return to normality' — as if the time before Covid did not include the preemptive management of risks. But it is also true, as you say, that this paradigm of government has come into very sharp focus during corona days. You ask how about the lines of flight away from this governmental paradigm. I wonder whether the first step is to ask what 'health' means today. The preemptive management of risk requires the transformation of persons into statistically manipulable data profiles. And Illich argued that person-as-profile is the necessary condition for 'health' redefined as optimal risk (see the attached article by Illich). I suggest it crucial to understand this 'subject' of risk optimization to fully understand the emerging bio-security paradigm and to find ways to counter it. Is it a 'who' or is it a 'what' that optimizes risk.
regards,
Sajay Samuel
in my opinion, this pandemic really affect everyone not just at a macro level, but even at micro levels such as ourselves as more rules were created for us to be more cautious on the ongoing situation. though it was created for good means, there were also parties involved that would try to take advantage of the situation, both in positive and negative ways, in which you can see from how the people reacted; some believed it is a "hoax" propagated by the government to create control, there are also people who would just trust the data given by the government. I personally think this pandemic is a lesson to us all to not be ignorant after seeing all the lifeless bodies and how the medical team had to work day and night to help another, even if they had to risk their own lives fighting this plague. aside from not being ignorant i suggest people would also want to help themselves survive first, with or without the help of the others. just my two cents and any thoughts were also welcomed. 🙂