"As we all know, it is not machines which employ machines but humans who build and use machines. Therefore it can no longer be accepted that machines increasingly worsen our living conditions although they were originally intended to improve them. Even in the richest countries one can no longer perceive much improvement of everyday life through technology."
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"The essay Machine Winter risks being a literary polemic and speculative fantasy on how to make history with technology."
Dath, Dietmar
Winter of Machines. Knowledge, Technology, Socialism. Arguing a Case
(for German speaking reader: Maschinenwinter. Wissen, Technik, Sozialismus. Eine Streitschrift)
