ɐmˌʌŋ kˈɪtlɚz θəsˈiːz wʌz hɪz tˈɛndənsi tʊ ˈɑːɹɡjuː, wɪð ɐ mˈɪkstʃɚɹ ʌv pɑːlˈɛmɪsˌɪzəm, ɐpˌɑːkɐlˈɪptɪsˌɪzəm, ˌɛɹuːdˈɪʃən, ænd hjˈuːmɚ, ðæt tˌɛknəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl kəndˈɪʃənz wɜː klˈoʊsli bˈaʊnd ˌʌp wɪð ᵻpˌɪstɪmˈɑːlədʒi ænd ɑːntˈɑːlədʒi ɪtsˈɛlf.
Among Kittler's theses was his tendency to argue, with a mixture of polemicism, apocalypticism, erudition, and humor, that technological conditions were closely bound up with epistemology and ontology itself.