“Technological consciousness takes itself dead seriously; it has no sense of humor. The fool can play no role in it, for there is no other realm that is can see beyond itself to which the fool can point. Consciousness in the throes of desire cannot tolerate laughter any more than criticism of laughter can be tolerated in a moment of sexual lust.” PlayMomentsDesireConsciousnessRolesFoolLaughterCriticismLustRealmsSense Of HumorTolerateTechnological Book:Moral Philosophy and the Modern World Source: Moral Philosophy and the Modern World
“The media is the thought-form of the technological society, and it finds nothing it does to be laughable, a sure sign that it is not human.” HumansDoeFormMediaTechnologicalLaughable Book:Moral Philosophy and the Modern World Source: Moral Philosophy and the Modern World
“The promise of technology is to remove the division between culture and nature. Whatever part of nature that is left over as an independent force is covered by the technological bluff, which refers it to the agenda of the future and disguises the deficiencies of the present.” CultureLeftForceTechnologyPromiseIndependentRemoveAgendasDivisionCoveredDisguiseTechnologicalDeficiencyBluffs Author:Donald Phillip Verene