pynchon-l-digest V2 #1012

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

FrodeauxB at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Mr. Ludlow:
> Re: your post. Many believe that our machines, from the first tool to the
> latest technology, are us.

Nonsense!

 They are our agents, just like our finger or fist.

Are machines us or our agents? Are our hands agents? 




> Using a pen to write makes it part of me. 

Nope. To write with a pen is to use a tool. 


Using this technology to send this
> makes it a part of me. The machines may not be physically integrated into my
> body, but when I use them, they are me. 

Again, nonsense. 

Some are integrated. A pacemaker is a
> simple example of the integration. 

Integrated how? 

The sooner we realize the symbiotic
> relationship that has existed from our earliest days, the better. A pure
> Luddite is highly improbable, if not impossible. We're talking degrees, not
> absolutes. We ARE Borg!
> 
> frodeauxb


I am not BORG! We are not Borg. What does symbiotic mean
here? There is No symbiotic relationship between living
humans and machines. 

BTW, the human mind is not a computer. It works more like
the human digestive system than a super computer. Humans are
more like earth worms than robots. 

Terrance