The history of technology is the history of human weakness. The rest of history is what happens once human weakness has been compensated for, or accepted where it cannot be.

It seems plausible that the most significant freedom which artists acquired in the 20th century was not freedom from patronage but the unknown freedom of safely assuming that the public had good eyesight.
The Ruricolist: Technology Interesting way to consider technology’s human impact.

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