/lit/ - Literature

Discuss our favorite obscuritantist edgelord and his increasingly politically incorrect ramblings.

>>10343591
"The truth is, people always presume humanity to exist for the purpose of some service, whether to god or each other, or to the self. Some argue that the goal of our creation is simply the perpetuation of our existence, and that our lives have no true meaning other than self-continuance. It is even said that humanity itself is an exercise in the search for meaning, and there is found virtue.

All of these ignore our true Heartbeat of our existence, the coursing foundation of our lives. We exist in a single point in space, among infinite others, and all that matters is our progress to those others, as action, vigour and vitality are what call to us; movement for movement's sake; heat and blaze. We exist to catalyse existence, to set the Night on Fire. The agent of this above all else is movement... acceleration... speed.

As I write this I'm having Deja Vu of all those nights I spent Running in the 90s, trying to understand why I was put on this earth. If this man has truly discovered our raison d'etre, he will be a A Perfect Hero, rising above mere humanity, to be remembered forever by those he blazes past, as all I pass will Remember Me. I Won't Fall Apart, I will make it to The Top. Nothing can stop my ascension from humanity, I can feel it coming even now, I will reach Max Power, I will stay Forever Young, and I will become the champion of the next stage in our evolution; so what if I sacrifice my base humanity, I will become... the Speedy Speed Boy."

--Nick Land

>>9101870
Cheers. And yeah, no doubt, I left a lot of stuff out. I'm not a scholar or an academic, just a random guy who likes books. My notes just for those four posts were sixteen pages long and all over the place. I wanted to have a section on Marx and Freud as well.

This thread came about because I wound up getting kind of carried away after an anon in that other thread asked for a 'quick rundown' and I suddenly realized that in order to do that well I was going to have to go back and dig up all of the books and actually try and put my thoughts in some order instead of just being a blowhard shitposter. Which, of course, I am; but it's tedious just be to spouting off about your own opinions all the time. It really made me realize how hard it is to write clearly and communicatively.

I'm actually tempted now to make this an ongoing thing and write Total Pseud Guides to all of the guys that I like, just as a fun exercise. Even if it's only to refresh my memory a little bit. The Total Pseud's Guide to Lacan would be handy. As would one for pic related.

>>9085241
>Land
>wanting to save society
don't think so matey

reducing Nick Land to 'eliminating the human race is ridiculous'
even if we were to submit to this reduction you would be ignoring everything else he says
he's the most important contemporary political philosopher btw

>>8466632
hey buddy you're in the wrong thread

>>8363221
>analytical
who cares lol

>>8239849
who cares we're just having fun tbqh

>>8220954
also the work of Ray Brassier, Reza Negarestani, the CCRU, Collapse
it didn't just come out of nowhere, it's an offshoot of speculative realism

>>8209899
>>8209917
>As a Sinophile, and even (far more reservedly) a sympathizer with the post-Mao PRC regime

>>8206465
right side all the way baby