General Intellect

General Intellect reveals itself through world events. Ancients knew this as 
‘apokalypsis’ (reavealing).From Church Latin apocalypsis "revelation," from Greek apokalyptein "uncover, disclose, reveal."
It is nearly twenty years since the first impulse was given to the general intellect of this country, by the introduction of a new mechanical system for teaching reading and writing, by cheaper and more efficacious methods than those previously in use. … The public mind has infinitely advanced[.]The London Magazine, 1828. Via.
General intellect, according to Karl Marx in his Grundrisse, became a crucial force of production.https://www.google.com/search?q=General+Intellecthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_intellect
Marx uses an attractive metaphor to refer to the knowledges that make up the epicentre of social production and preordain all areas of life: general intellect.General intellect Paolo Virno Entry in Zanini and Fadini (eds) Lessico Postfordista (Milan: Feltrinelli, 2001). Translation by Arianna Bove. https://www.generation-online.org/p/fpvirno10.htm
According to Marx, the general intellect – i.e. knowledge as the main productive force – fully coincides with fixed capital – i.e. the ‘scientific power’ objectified in the system of machinery.General intellect Paolo Virno Entry in Zanini and Fadini (eds) Lessico Postfordista (Milan: Feltrinelli, 2001). Translation by Arianna Bove. https://www.generation-online.org/p/fpvirno10.htm
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