Fr om the no toriousi nte rvie w with M artin H e i de gg e r that a ppe are d afte r the philosopher’s death in De r Spi e ge l (May30, 19 76 ) Avital Rone l l quote sthe fol - lowing extract in T he Te l e phone Boo k : Der Spiegel : So you fi nall y a cc epted. How did you then rela te to the Nazis? Heidegg er: ...So meo ne from the top comma nd o f the S torm T rooper Uni versi ty B ureau, S.A. section l ea der Ba umann, ca l l ed me up. He demanded... Heidegger, recently appointed rector of Freiburg University, answered the Nazi ca ll/ing. A telephone w i re c onnected the g r eat philos opher to a cri mi na l regime. A “call” became a “calling.” On May 1, 1934, Heidegger became a member of the NSDAP Gau Baden. His number was 3125894. But just suppose. By w ay of a modest anachronistic thought experiment. Suppose Heidegger had had an answering machine. Suppose S.A. section leader Baumann had gotten the fol- lowing mess a ge: “This is Martin Heide gg er. I’m not hom e ri ght no w. P lease leave your message after the beep.” What would have happened then? RECORD “Even granny was s urpr i s ed by the Bole ro 100’sm any functi ons . I ts c ompact and elegant exterior belies this answering machine’s astounding capacity to reco rd ove r 30 m i nute s of m e s s ag e s . T he Bole ro 100 s tays s afe l y within ev er yone’s budget and pr opo ses a m em ory fun ction t o sa ve per sonal me s- s ag e s for y ou and yo ur f am il y . T he “spa ce - g uarding” functi on allows y ou to m oni tor the g oi ng s -on i n the a ns we ring m ac hi ne ’s vicini ty. T he Bolero 10 0’s pr im ary as s e t i s its s onic guardian, a dis tr es s call that’s autom ati cally trans - ferr e d to a num be r of autho ri ze d pe r s ons (identifi e d v ia a s e cret code). T his way you can feel safe and restrict incoming calls to insure granny’s afternoon nap” (Chr is tma s promoti on for Be l ga com ’s Bole ro 100 ans we r ing s e r vi ce ). An ans we r ing m achine is a handy g adg e t. Eve n whe n you’r e not home you can still take that all-important call and listen to its playback at your leisure. Nothing (the occasional technical glitch notwithstanding) is forgotten, e v e rything is ca refully rec orde d. I f we ’re to be l ie v e the na tiona l phone com - pany , par ents a r e e ve n usi ng the ma chine to lea ve s poken me s sages for their kidsor s ig nificant othe rs . Say g oodby e to thos e s cribbled Pos t- it noteson the refrig e rator . Urge nt fam il y m atters —“Don’t forg e t to take out the tras h” or “ I won’t be home tonight”—wi l l hence forth be conve yed by the m e mory function on the ans wering mac hine . More s e r i ous m e s s ag e s —l ike the cl as - s ic “w e nt o ut fo r a pa ck of ciga re tte s , be rig ht b ac k” or ac tua l su icide notes—are likely to go the same way. NETTIME / MAZE / PAGE 455 SUBJECT: LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE AFTER THE BEEP: ON THE RIGHT TO STUPIDITY, THE ART OF FORGETTING, AND THE BOLERO 100 FROM: MARC HOLTHOF <[email protected]> DATE: THU, 17 SEP 19 98 23 :16:46 +02 00 (M ET DS T)
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8/9/2019 Leave Your Message After the Beep - On the Right to Stupidity, The Art of Forgetting, And the Bolero 100
