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Ihmiskoneiden kulttuurin lähettiläs

Collaborating with machines - Squarepusherin essee vuodelta 2004 siitä, miksi emme edusta ihmiskulttuuria vaan ihmiskonekulttuuria (kiitos, Jarmo).

But as the emphasis (and significance in the creative process) slowly shifts from the human to the machine, artefacts that are more the product of machines than of human beings are put forth as immortalized ambassadors of the self. Like it or not, we are coming to be represented by machines.

Drug Test - A Cautionary Tale - Amatööripyöräilijän tehostetarina vuodelta 2004 (kiitos, Linkkivinkki).

"Deca's not so harmful to your liver," he went on, "but most steroids can knock the hell out of it. You can get huge mood swings. Anger, irritability. Sex is a mess. There's a surge in libido, then it falls off a cliff and you don't even want to think about sex. Then, when you stop your dosage, you start to shrink. Depression can set in. Your body starts to slide back to what it was, and most people don't like that. People forget that it's the drugs and not them. It's like when you take Viagra and you think that's how you'll always perform. No, no, no."