Why are we stuck behind the social acceleration? | Hartmut Rosa | TEDxFSUJena

How to have a good life in light of rapid social acceleration? In an engaging and intriguing TEDx talk Prof. Rosa argues about the odds between social acceleration and feeling happy, by overcoming the feeling of mute and silent world.

TEDxFSU Jena is proud of having among the speakers one of the most prominent and renowned German sociologist and political scientist.

Hartmut Rosa is the full professor of Sociology at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and the head of the Max-Weber center of advanced cultural and social studies of the University of Erfurt.

[ameliel]

This man is a much underrated sociologist!! His work is absolutely mindblowing!

[daspyro]

Its funny how Hartmut is talking about increasing our own speed, and here I am, watching this video in 1.5 times speed :)

[johnpowers]

Wow. So glad I found HR. Currently reading Resonance...

[YoruShika-vhmd]

"in order to keep the modernization of the society, it must be sustain by utilizing a lot of energy and resources"

[ALAllisonVortexman]

Hallo Hartmut, grüß Dich, ganz tolle und prima verständliche Podcasts und Interview in "JUNG UND NAIV in Berlin. Ich bin Jutta mit Abi in 1959 in Rinteln, bei Hannover. Wohne jetzt in Florida. Bleib HAPPY

Rinteln. Wohne jetzt in FLORIDA

[elsaireland]

Fantastic talk, deeply moved, first year college student of Social Sciences. Thank you for sharing.

[goulniky]

Fascinating ideas, for more, read his book « Beschleunigung. Die Veränderung der Zeitstrukturen in der Moderne » [French: Accélération : Une critique sociale du temps]

[skeeter_henry_]

Neues Buch : Unverfügbarkeit (2020). En français : Rendre le monde indisponible

[nihangiritli]

"more" is like French. Love his accent also. :)

[markvonsteiner]

I am not impressed. In fact, I am angry. At 14:00, the speaker says, „let‘s not look at the structural side for a moment…“ and then started talking about the „psychological“ side, the resonance as his panacea to all the problems. Suddenly, you realize, the rest of the speech is just one more cup of Hühnersuppe für die Seele. Ah, I am so moved, by music, concert, interaction with a kid… But does it change the fact that the big corporations and industrial complexes are „accelerating“ their production? Does it help the Brazilians slow down their pace of ruining the Amazonas? Does it prevent the oceans from being polluted - ever speedily - by plastics? No, absolutely not. So it is about the „structural side“, which the speaker spent the first half of the speech analyzing and then simply shied away from. I am angry, because what I hear is this, the house is burning and we are told to resonate with the fire. What‘s happened to intellectuals?

[oliverbrauning]

Lol figures the one ted talk featuring an actual insightful person has the fewest views

[Selektor_Flopped]

Hey Vsauce Michael here brought me here

[Velocifred]

Capitalism is amplifying acceleration, not creating it

[axolotl_observer]

looking at Germany I cant see finances moving within seconds 😆

[danielemilazzo]

I have to say I strongly disagree on the premises. Although they are of course shortened tor a talk, and I'm sure he explores them in depth in his works, the underlying assumption that "things were slow just until after the middle age" says more on his outlook on history that about history itself. Apart of being quite eurocentric, it does not take account of the movements of millions of people across continents that took places even millennia before, the struggle for adaptation to different environments, the long-standing process of transforming the environment around us to benefit our needs and so on. What he may call "accelleration" could be simply seen as the accumulation and preservation of past thoughts, ideas, processes and the ways in which they could be made available for others. Therefore, his idea of acceleration seems simply a reproposition of the idea of the march of progress in a different way, in a different century. What he seems to miss is that processes are complexes and what he calls acceleration may also "decelerate" in different moments, for different reasons.

[rukiye]

I can't take his accent.. it's so distracting.