“This future man, whom the scientists tell us they will produce in no more than a hundred years, seems to be possessed by a rebellion against human existence as it has been given, a free gift from nowhere (secularly speaking), which he wishes to exchange, as it were, for something he has made himself.” –Hannah Arendt, 1958
“Human beings are ashamed to have been born instead of made.” –Günther Anders, 1956
Now that we’ve branded everyconsumer goodwith a computer chip “smart,” the inevitable next...
Published on December 12, 2014 08:17