The Obsolescence of Man

by Gunther Anders Monday, Nov. 29, 2021 at 4:11 PM
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The history of technology has become history itself. Technology is the single subject of history. Contemporary humanity looks neither forward nor back. Rather, during its tempestuous flight, its eyes remain closed or in the best cases, are fixated on each present moment.

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We are mechanically infantilized as nursing babies cling to the maternal breast. Conformism is a sign of our defeat, being manipulated and assimilated.

The modernization of products and war are twin phenomena which reinforce each other. The helicopters by dropping napalm transformed whole villages into blazing infernos. By means of technology we are transformed into ahistorical beings.

To live without memory is to live ahistorically. Man is a historical being. History is the history of the ruling class. Universal history is becoming a reality. The ruled class is ahistorical because there is no written account of its history. Brecht asked who built the pyramids.

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