May 2012
11 posts
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“The purpose of art has never been labor-saving but labor-loving, a deliberate...”
– Mumford, Lewis. The Myth of the Machine : the Pentagon of Power. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970.
May 14th
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May 13th
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“The scientific method left every tentative truth open for further examination...”
– Mumford, Lewis. The Myth of the Machine : the Pentagon of Power, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970).
May 10th
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robots are the new undead
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May 7th
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“For seeing life is but a motion of limbs, the beginning whereof is in some...”
– Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan.
May 6th
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May 5th
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“No machine, however complex its nature or however ingenious its human inventor,...”
– Mumford, Lewis. The Myth of the Machine : The Pentagon of Power. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970.
May 5th
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WatchWatch
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May 4th
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May 3rd
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May 2nd
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May 1st
April 2012
30 posts
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Apr 30th
Apr 29th
We want to become its binary perfection.
Apr 28th
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Apr 28th
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We carefully turn the dials. [[][][][][][][][][{{{[[[]][][****************** title=”P200908006 - Univac DCT 2000 by Musée de l’Informatique, on Flickr”>
Apr 26th
Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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The cruelty is palpable.
Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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“By turning man into a ‘machine made by the hands of God,’ Descartes...”
– Lewis Mumford - The Myth of The Machine II: The Pentagon of Power
Apr 22nd
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Apr 22nd
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We enter the data and become reborn.
Apr 21st
Apr 19th
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We risk everything for the touch of its circuits.
Apr 9th
Apr 7th
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Apr 7th
74 notes
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Apr 7th
643 notes
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We wait for further instructions from machine friend.
Apr 6th
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Failing silently.
Apr 5th
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Anonymous asked: Machine Friend, what is it like to kiss the flesh?
Apr 3rd
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Apr 3rd
66 notes
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Apr 3rd
320 notes
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Apr 3rd
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We trick all our objects into looking like something called nature.
Apr 2nd
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Machine friend speaks in circuit breaks and disconnected chirps. We have liked each other in more ways than you can imagine.
Apr 2nd
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A vast catalogue of longings…
Apr 2nd
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Anonymous asked: Dear machine friend, why must we feel pain?
Apr 2nd
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Anonymous asked: What will happen when human beings are able to live forever?
Apr 1st
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We step into the light and the spell is broken.
Apr 1st
March 2012
1 post
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“To dismiss as non-existent what happens to be indescribable is to equate...”
– Lewis Mumford, The Pentagon of Power
Mar 24th
January 2012
7 posts
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“Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled, and whom...”
– Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
Jan 23rd
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“A flash of lightning illuminated the object, and discovered its shape plainly to...”
– Frankenstein, by ,Mary Shelley
Jan 16th
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“Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through,...”
– Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Jan 15th
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“The technology included in each Exmobaby product consists of fully washable...”
Jan 15th
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tumblrbot asked: WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?
Jan 15th
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“I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that...”
– Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Jan 15th
Jan 6th
December 2011
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Dec 2nd