Status Updates From Die Perfektion der Technik

" His relentless industry, his busy activity, his eccentric thirst for power, make man the gadgeteer hateful to the Gods."

" that is why in countries with a highly developed technology we find the same state of nervous tension and uneasiness which marks empires having a large and malcontent slave population. On the surface the slaves may appear submissive enough, but one senses that their thoughts and dreams are centered on Revolt Insurrection and havoc."

" An automaton always presupposes man. If it were otherwise, it would not be a lifeless mechanism, but a demon endowed with independent will. The old superstitious idea, however, that held that some man-made apparatus might acquire a demoniacal life, might unfold a will of its own, a rebellious and destructive will- this idea is by no means as erroneous as we now suppose."

" the fact that an installation is profitable is no reason for the technician to give up his striving for technical perfection. He will ruin even a profitable Enterprise if it refuses to give in to his demands for technical rationalization. He ruins the manufacturer by unpredictable inventions....He cares no more for the welfare of the capitalist than that of the proletarian"