Byung-Chul Han calls this weirdness negativity, contrasting the positivity that is largely replacing it in our societies. Everything that slows down the flow of

Byung-Chul Han calls this weirdness negativity, contrasting the positivity that is largely replacing it in our societies. Everything that slows down the flow of communication, capital, consumption, information etc. is negative. Positivity smoothes out all negative aspects. In "Transparenzgesellschaft", he argues that too much positivity makes people transparent and controllable, their actions operational. "Agonie des Eros" is about the contradiction of positivity and love. It's the weird, unexplainable things (atopos) that make people interesting. Desire itself is negative. "Müdigkeitsgesellschaft" explains how the positivity of meritocratic societies, vs. the negativity of disciplinary societies in the past, leads to depression and fatigue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byung-Chul_Han http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byung-Chul_Han