Hyperobjects: Teaser


Take a look at these two apps visualizing scale:


In a sense, phenomenology exposes scale as meaningful, but not in the sense that bigger is better. Rather, think of Leibniz's statement that nature is infinitely articulated: the closer you get, the more detail is revealed.

These get you thinking, too, about the difference between size and distance. Are they the same? Different? Clearly, going to the moon or a distant star is fundamentally different than looking at a paramecium with a microscope....

So check this out too:


What's this got to do with hyperobjects?

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