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“Technology is a vast command structure that generates more and more implicit commands as it replaces what was once a ritual system of imperative exchanges: you don’t have to be told to drive a car—it’s just a condition of living under certain technological conditions, and since there are better and worse cars, and cars are indicative of status, you want to drive a car.”

— Adam Katz, Intelligence and Technics · Jan 22, 2022 · Bouvard Substack