hyperobject
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Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
hyperobject (plural hyperobjects)
- A thing that is so global that its effects can generally only be felt in parts, spread across time and space.
- 2015, Timothy Morton, Introducing the idea of 'hyperobjects':
- We can see, for instance, that global warming has the properties of a hyperobject.
- 2021, Michael Stevens, Vsauce: The Future Of Reasoning:
- Every civilization that grows at the speed of reason must at some point face hyperobjects.