pynchon-l-digest V2 #1012

[FrodeauxB at aol.com]

Mr. Ludlow:
Re: your post. Many believe that our machines, from the first tool to the 
latest technology, are us. They are our agents, just like our finger or fist. 
Using a pen to write makes it part of me. 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. Some are integrated. A pacemaker is a 
simple example of the integration. 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