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   by taupe- 3y ago

   What if this is just one big practical joke?
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   by taupe- 3y ago

   Thank you!
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   by taupe- 3y ago

   Humans for much of history have understood the implications and potential of 'artificiality.' It is important also to remember the etymology of art, not as the way we think of it now as a piece of paint on the wall to be looked at
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   The Marvelous Automata of Antiquity (2018)(daily.jstor.org)

   39 points by taupe- 3y ago|9 comments
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   by taupe- 3y ago

   If anyone is interested in further reading on this topic, 'Byzantium' by Judith Herrin is apropros.
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   by taupe- 3y ago

   That's exactly right, Technology is always a double edged sword in that manner. Plato in Phaedrus warned about the forgetfulness implicit in the invention of writing as oral traditions would no longer need to be remembered and passed d