This just arrived, written in 1956 and just translated. With it came these lines, pertinent to the age of AI (attributed to "To the Cogs," Molussian Industrial Hymns):
Each day out of machines arise
ever more beautiful machines.
Only we remain malformed,
only we're born obsolete.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/115787498658619476
Günther Anders: "Whereas sensationalism falsely makes something out of nothing and turns flies into elephants, antisensationalism deceitfully turns elephants into flies."
An apt description of #BrokenTimes et al. coverage of American fascism.