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Franz Kafka on Paperwork as a Form of Power — Transcript

by Ethics 101 by KM Pathi · 158 words · 26 segments · language en · Watch on YouTube
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  1. 0:00Kfka once wrote the chains that cuff
  2. 0:02humanity are made of office paper. It
  3. 0:05sounds exaggerated.
  4. 0:07Paper doesn't hurt. Paper doesn't
  5. 0:08threaten. Paper doesn't imprison. So why
  6. 0:11did Kfka call chains? Kfka wasn't
  7. 0:14talking about cruelty. He was talking
  8. 0:16about documents, forms, files,
  9. 0:19certificates, permits, papers that
  10. 0:22decide who you are, where you belong,
  11. 0:24and where the system even sees you. In
  12. 0:28modern life, paper often speaks louder
  13. 0:30than people. Without the right document,
  14. 0:32you may not exist for the system. You
  15. 0:35may not receive help. You may not cross
  16. 0:37a border. You may not prove who you are
  17. 0:40even when your life depends on it. This
  18. 0:43is why CFKA call them chains. Not
  19. 0:45because paper is violent, but because it
  20. 0:48quietly governs identity, access, and
  21. 0:51recognition. And it leads to a deeper
  22. 0:54question. If our existence must
  23. 0:56constantly be proven on paper, can human
  24. 0:59life still have meaning and [music]
  25. 1:01dignity beyond it? Do share your
  26. 1:04thoughts.

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