The Question Concerning Technology (& Social Media) - Heidegger

I explore Martin Heidegger s essay The Question Concerning Technology and use it to analyze Social Media. Heidegger built on Aristotle s four causes to show how technology says something more fundamental about Being, veritas and Gestell (enframing). Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Buy on Amazon through this link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/2ykJe6L Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Credits: Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from https://www.videvo.net Music: I am a Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Heidegger Image: Photograph of Martin Heidegger. Detail of a phototograph entitled : "W 134 Nr. 060678b - Hausen: Festakt, in der Reihe, Kultusminister Storz, Prof. Heidegger, Dichtel". Additional reference : Teilbestand W 134 (Neg. BaWü), Teil 1 - Fotosammlung Willy Pragher: Filmnegative Baden-Württemberg, Teil 1. http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=5-226344 This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en