This is Hui’s magnum opus contribution. He critiques the West’s tendency to view industrialization as the only path to modernity. He proposes that different cultures possess different "cosmotechnics"—distinct unifications of the cosmic and the technical.
He is currently carving out a unique space that is neither strictly "Western" nor "Eastern," but a recursive synthesis of both. As the world grapples with the convergence of AI, climate collapse, and geopolitical fragmentation, Hui’s call for is likely to become one of the most important philosophical frameworks of the 21st century. yuk hui
Here’s a short, interesting story about how his thinking developed: This is Hui’s magnum opus contribution
Hui is incredibly erudite. He moves effortlessly between cybernetics, Kantian philosophy, Chinese philosophy, and the history of robotics. Unlike many pop-philosophers who skim the surface of these topics, Hui does the hard work of reading primary sources in multiple languages (German, French, English, Chinese). He is currently carving out a unique space