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Is technology making us less human?

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Is technology making us less human?
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RE: Is technology making us less human?
May 1, 2018 at 7:18 pm
(May 1, 2018 at 7:13 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: No, humanness is defined by all human behavior, not a subset of subjectively pleasing human behavior. A human could no more be less human than he could be less a part of the universe.

How would you describe a human disposed by common sense to act irrationally?

Certainly human, of course, but certainly less than human.
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Is technology making us less human?

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Is technology making us less human? - by Silver - May 1, 2018 at 6:49 pm
RE: Is technology making us less human? - by Chad32 - May 1, 2018 at 6:52 pm
RE: Is technology making us less human? - by Silver - May 1, 2018 at 7:12 pm
RE: Is technology making us less human? - by Silver - May 1, 2018 at 7:18 pm
RE: Is technology making us less human? - by Silver - May 1, 2018 at 7:32 pm
RE: Is technology making us less human? - by Silver - May 1, 2018 at 7:41 pm
RE: Is technology making us less human? - by Silver - May 1, 2018 at 8:01 pm
RE: Is technology making us less human? - by brewer - May 2, 2018 at 6:59 am
RE: Is technology making us less human? - by brewer - May 1, 2018 at 7:31 pm
RE: Is technology making us less human? - by Brian37 - May 2, 2018 at 7:00 am

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