What Machines?: Machines Can Do Virtually Anything But the Question is Not What They Can Do But What They Ought to Do: No. 4 (Elemento S.) - Softcover

 
9781901776553: What Machines?: Machines Can Do Virtually Anything But the Question is Not What They Can Do But What They Ought to Do: No. 4 (Elemento S.)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1901776557 ISBN 13: 9781901776553
Publisher: Mermaid Turbulence, 2001

Synopsis

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Synopsis

To the question of what technology or labour-saving devices to allow into one's life, serious thought is essential : any new machine will cause some amount of skill or freedom to be lost. Machines are advertised to save precious time; are we not left worrying about wasted time and rushing to gain more ? What should we do with saved time ? Could it be that at least some of the time spent completing slow tasks is precious in itself ? As we unlearn to do by hand or with simple hand tools, should we not worry of our mounting dependency to the machines that do it for us ? Does life goes on when there is a power cut ? This collection of written and visual pieces presents nine answers to the question of machines; with a cooking recipe at the end.

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Publisher
Mermaid Turbulence
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1901776557
ISBN 13 
9781901776553
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
96
Editor
Djerii Mary-Aymone