Against the Robots

Creon is transformed into a tyrant. He becomes what he imagines he must be. This is the enantiodromos , that moment and place in Greek mythology, which reveals the true nature of a man when, at the crossroads, he must confront the choice of which path to follow. The enantiodromos is the fork where the one who becomes is born… Like an upstart seizing Zeus's thunderbolt, Creon lacks the education and understanding of his power that can only be bestowed upon him by authority. Creon thinks in terms of rights when he should first think in terms of duties. Being oneself is never a habit; identity is a quest and an affirmation, a enantiodromos , like a state of siege: Who am I? Where am I going? We must constantly question ourselves and explore the mystery of life, but armored by what we know about ourselves and our harmony with the world—that is to say, by having some certainties—there cannot be nothing, otherwise there is no Antigone…