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At the core of the myth of the machine, he argued, is the idea that the development of technology is inherently connected to the improvement of the human condition. In other words, if we just keep upgrading our tech, human life will keep getting better.
The myth of the machine offers a secular equivalent. It allows us to view beneficial outcomes as inherent to technological development itself, while understanding harms as incidental or as unintended byproducts. These downsides are often seen as the result of human failures, whether through misuse by bad actors or through careless deployment.
According to Mumford, a similar transvaluation took place in the modern era when we ceased to value technology in the service of human goals and values and came instead to regard the efficiency and productivity obtained through technical innovation as an end in itself, to which humans should subordinate themselves.
https://sts.hks.harvard.edu/people/fellows/conor-mcglynn/
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