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“On the basis of this power, a promise of liberation, enrichment, and of conquering the scourges of humanity is issued. The promise leads to the irony of technology when liberation by way of disburdenment yields to disengagement, enrichment by way of diversion is overtaken by distraction, and conquest makes way first to domination and then to loneliness.”

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Book:Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry
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Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry

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Albert Borgmann
Albert Borgmann

Albert Borgmann is a German-American philosopher born in 1937. His research focuses on the philosophy of technology, aesthetics, and ethics. Borgmann's work explores the relationship between technology and human life, and how technology affects our perception and values. more

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