July 21, 2004

Heidegger & technology#4

A visual representation of technology:

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Wolfgang Sievers, Hamersley Iron's iron ore mining near Mt. Tom Price, Western Australia, 1975

That mining activity embodies the drive for efficiency in which the earth, its creatures, and our fellow human beings are reduced to the status of raw material or a standing reserve.

Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at July 21, 2004 11:57 PM | TrackBack
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