Speculative teleology aims at self-simplification and acceleration

Evidence

But how are we to prove the definition just given of the Aufhebung’s synthetic operation? As Hegel would argue, to find the process manifesting the dual implication – sublation via contraction and sublation via alienation – we should look to the process of simplification (Vereinfachung). Simpli- fication is at work throughout the development of spirit. For as the speculative content is unfolded, it moves towards simplifying itself, which is to say, it abbreviates and accelerates itself. Of prime importance to Hegel in his logic and ontology, simplification is the essence and aim of speculative teleology. The simplifying speculative telos requires as its precondition that cooperative play of habit and alienation. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1014

Categorization

• QUESTION: The claim that Vereinfachung abbreviates and accelerates spirit raises the reader’s causal question: does acceleration of teleological content correlate with institutions pushing plastic receptivity toward explosive redefinition?