Bernanos and the Civilization of Machines: When Technology Alienates Humans
#Bernanos saw #technology as an #autonomousSystem that alienates #humans, destroys #innerLife, and turns #human beings into #economicCogs. He denounced the #lossOfFreedom and meaning in a #world obsessed with #efficiency. #quantophrenia #instrumentalReason #alienation In La France contre les robots (1947), Georges Bernanos delivers a visionary critique of technocratic modernity. For him,…
From Mastery of Nature to Social Regression: The Technological Vicious Cycle of Civilization
In the Neolithic era, humans became masters of nature. But this triumph soon reversed: technical irrigation, empire, systemic recursion... Integrated technical systems became instruments of domination, driving both rulers and the ruled into regression. 🇬🇧 EN 🇫🇷 FR #Technology #Domination #Habermas #InstrumentalReason At the dawn of the Neolithic, humanity asserted itself against…
