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“The king that "never dies" here has been replaced by the king that always dies, and suffers death more cruelly than other mortals.”
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“Machines are the concealed wishes of actants which have tamed forces so effectively that they no longer look like forces”
― The Pasteurization of France
― The Pasteurization of France
“You who are on the inside, don’t condemn my lack of faith too quickly; you who are on the outside, don’t be too quick to mock my overcredulity; you who are indifferent, don’t be too quick to wax ironic about my perpetual hesitations.”
― Rejoicing: Or the Torments of Religious Speech
― Rejoicing: Or the Torments of Religious Speech
“I have sought to offer humanists a detailed analysis of a technology sufficiently magnificent and spiritual to convince them that the machines by which they are surrounded are cultural artifacts worthy of their attention and respect.”
― Aramis, or The Love of Technology
― Aramis, or The Love of Technology
“You who are on the inside, this world terrifies you because, according to you, it’s ‘without a divine master’. But don’t you see that it’s also without a human master? You who are on the outside, this call for renewal of ‘God’ horrifies you because, according to you, it would bring back the old tyranny of the divine. Don’t you see that this world is forever without a creator?”
― Rejoicing: Or the Torments of Religious Speech
― Rejoicing: Or the Torments of Religious Speech
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