antw. RE: antw. pynchon's strictly humanist concern

[Otto]

Of course Terrance is right.

Cyrus:
"I'm not saying he rejects technology; I'm saying he sees it within a human
context." -- I believe that one of his great concerns is what technology
does to the "simple life"-facts you describe in your second post. When
humans are "sacrificed" to technology (like weavers, rocket technicians,
astronauts, cloned children or people living next to atomic power plants),
technology begins to share structural devices of a religion or ideology with
assumptions that may not be questioned.

Kai:
"non-humans, like robots or elves" -- there's a big difference between these
two groups, but in fiction they both can fulfill the role of deus ex
machina.

"the man's artistic interest in technology is a little to intense for a
luddite with pure heart" -- why? To be effectively against something or warn
people of negative developments requires to have it understood before.

"let's support solar-technology now" -- I like our "windparks" here at
Ostfriesland too.

working for Boeing, no thanks:
http://asylum.subnetcentral.com/davec/terror/boeing.pps
(you got to have powerpoint on your system)

On the responsibility of scientists for the simple life see the Bros.
Strugatzki "The Far Rainbow", Moskau 1964.

Otto,
who shares Kai's love of reading books into each other,
just listening to Cornelius-"Drop" on www.3wk.com internet radio.

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> Cyrus schrieb:
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> > lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de (lorentzen-nicklaus) wrote:
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> > >     terrance wrote: pynchon's
> > >     "concern is not machines, but humans."
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> > >  yet didn't he study physics and even do engineering at boeing?
> > >  kai
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>                              > So what?
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