alt.tech

In the words of James Martin:

“A naive view from the past is that technology gives us mastery of nature. A more appropriate view is that it has given us a depleted planet and an artificial world increasingly dependent on technology. Advanced technology puts us in need of even more advanced technology. Rather than being masters, we are being swept away in the rapidly accellerating floodwaters of our own technology.”

Or, if you prefer, in the words of Covenant (Hardware Requiem):

“We went too far, we can’t turn back
We built too high, we can’t get down
We are the slaves of our servants
In the shadow of our ambitions”