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"Contrary to what many romantically inclined
critics of contemporary civilization say about the
dehumanizing effects of machines, I believe that
contact with machines (particularly complicated
machines) exercises a profoundly humanizing
influence in the sense of making people less
brutal. The reason for that is very simple:
machines do not respond to shouting and beating—to
make them work one has to think and be patient. In
contrast, the use of animals offers a standing
lesson in the advantages of brutality—one has only
to reflect upon the fact that in an industrialized
country people do not carry whips."
-- Stanislav Andreski