What is very little understood about the electronic age is that it angelizes man, disembodies him. Turns him into software. (1971)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The electronic age reduces humans to data and software, stripping away physical presence and depth.
- In plain terms
- Electronics turn humans into software and take away their physical self.
- What can you take from it?
- Digital life can reduce people to mere data.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How much of your identity is digital?
- Does technology remove your physical presence?
Another view
Software abstraction can also enhance human capabilities and connection.
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