[iCONADA Research Team] The Return of the Word: "Natural Language as Code" and the Democratization of Technocratic Power

For decades, the trajectory of the digital age has been defined by a growing linguistic schism. On one side stood "natural language"—the messy, nuanced, and emotionally expressive vernacular of human daily life. On the other stood "code"—the rigid, mathematical, and highly gatekept syntaxes of Python, Java, and…

III. Two Existential Models

These divergent rhythms reflect two distinct existential stances in the shattered landscape of Central Europe:

In late-twentieth-century Central European literature, language ceases to be a neutral medium of narration. It becomes an active force—accusing, corroding, collapsing the world it tries to describe. Thomas Bernhard’s Auslöschung (Extinction) and László Krasznahorkai’s Sátántangó stand as two extremes in this linguistic end-time: one drives language vertically downward into total annihilation; the other expands it horizontally into an endless, suffocating loop. If…

(Source: 5 November 2021 in - Interni Magazine)

According to the philosopher Leonardo Caffo, no. Unless there is an ethical shift and a more realistic view of the world on the part of businesses

The design? According to Leonardo Caffo it is philosophy, which occasionally takes the form of a bedside table. Her curating work for the…