By Ivan Illich
A junkie with no entry to his stash is in a country of predicament. The "energy crisis' that exists intermittently while the stream of gas from risky nations is bring to an end or threatened, is a hindrance within the related experience. whilst this sort of problem is perceived within the western sphere, there are more often than not recommendations proposed: Relieve our dependence on international fuels by means of constructing "ecologically friendly' strength extraction know-how, or ship a military to pacify the fuel-rich zone in query. either one of those paths, likely at odds with one another, take as essentially real a undeniable proposition, that during no conditions may still we use much less power than we already use. during this perception, all human difficulties needs to be solved by way of the impressment of nonetheless extra "energy slaves' to satisfy the increasing call for of human masters. the 2 options encompass securing the present resource of the drug, or discovering a special, safer pusher. during this essay, Illich examines the query of even if people desire to any extent further power than is their traditional birthright. alongside the best way he provides a startling research of the marginal disutility of instruments. After a undeniable element, that's, extra strength provides detrimental returns. for instance, relocating round explanations lack of time proportional to the quantity of strength that's poured into the delivery approach, in order that the rate of the quickest visitor correlates inversely to the equality in addition to freedom of the median tourist.
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Die Vorbehalte gegenüber den Selbstinterpretationen der Alltagsw elt sind deutlich zu erkennen; und ohne den Anspruch auf ein „Besserw issen" oder zum indest „Andersw issen" könnte die Profession sich auch nicht als Profession behaupten. Aber die Frage bleibt, ob nicht außerdem eine Revision der theoretischen Grundlagen erforderlich ist, w enn m an Fam ilien, Organisationen und vielleicht w eitere soziale System e als sich selbst beobachtende und beschreibende System e auffassen und behandeln w ill.
Radioaktivität, Sm og, Krankheiten aller Art m ögen zunehm en oder abnehm en; das hat keinen Einfluß auf die Kom m unikation, w enn es nicht w ahrgenom m en, gem essen, bew ußt gem acht w ird und dann den Versuch stim uliert, darüber nach Regeln der Kom m unikation zu kom m unizieren. Selbstin einem abstürzenden Flugzeug kann über den Absturz nur kom m uniziertw erden, w enn er bem erkt w ird. Der Absturz selbstkann die Kom m unikation nicht beeinflussen, sondern nur beenden. Bew ußtseinssystem e und Kom m unikationssystem e bestehen m ithin völlig überschneidungsfrei nebeneinander.
Es entstehen Routinen der Personzurechnung, der konsensfähigen Beschreibung, der Realitätsfiktion, die sich bew ährt haben und schw er auszuhebein sind. Auch das Kom m unikationssystem legt sich auf Grund w iederholter, typm äßig bekannter, w enn auch situationsm äßig überraschender Irritationen auf eine „structural drift" fest. U nd gerade 32 w eil es dies selber tut im Vollzug der eigenen Autopoiesis (und nicht in Anpassim g an äußere Um stände), ist es so schw er, am Resultat einer solchen historischen Entw icklung etw as zu ändern.
