Comments on: The age of mechanical spirits http://www.sellingwaves.com/2007/07/28/the-age-of-mechanical-spirits/ A graduate student in mathematics and a modern languages major take on politics and culture with the following aspirational motto: ‘Deregulate your mind.’ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Curt http://www.sellingwaves.com/2007/07/28/the-age-of-mechanical-spirits/#comment-60433 Curt Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:33:54 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2007/07/28/the-age-of-mechanical-spirits/#comment-60433 <p>Not saying they haven't, but that's my point. I agree that the premise is rather crude, but I'm simply granting it for the sake of the argument. The point is that whether they have or haven't makes no difference, people are still ultimately in control of them.</p> Not saying they haven’t, but that’s my point. I agree that the premise is rather crude, but I’m simply granting it for the sake of the argument. The point is that whether they have or haven’t makes no difference, people are still ultimately in control of them.

]]> By: shonk http://www.sellingwaves.com/2007/07/28/the-age-of-mechanical-spirits/#comment-60404 shonk Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:39:46 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2007/07/28/the-age-of-mechanical-spirits/#comment-60404 <blockquote>Because while it might seem that machines have not made the world a happier place, or even that they subject people to untold misery both in the job of operating them and in their effects...</blockquote> <p>Although I think the question is rather ill-posed, if forced to make a binary choice I think I'd be more inclined to say that machines have made the world a happier place.</p> Because while it might seem that machines have not made the world a happier place, or even that they subject people to untold misery both in the job of operating them and in their effects…

Although I think the question is rather ill-posed, if forced to make a binary choice I think I’d be more inclined to say that machines have made the world a happier place.

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