Thanks that’s a great talk! It was especially nice to watch it after Eglash’s talk, there is an interesting connection between Zielinski’s criticism of Hegel’s “gradation of the world’s spirit” and Eglash’s criticism of extractivist approaches in STEM, with both Zielinski and Eglash advocating for cultural feedback loops of knowledge generation. Good to also learn about Max Bense’s work.
I didn’t see a lot in the talk about mechanical devices, but will have to search out the catalogue for “Allah’s Automata” and Zielinski’s other work.