Evening star., 1949-05-13


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Technology Regarded As q Pee
Rather Than q Friend 10 Mankind
To the nditer OF rAs star.
We fear socialism ana protest our o~n
hybrid New Deal as q step toward the fog
mer. but 1t viii do no good for ne shall and
ourselves increasingly forced 10 aeeep, the
thing we fear. We are going TO lose more
OF our freedoms, become more and more
regulated and controlled by stronger and
stronger government. That is a prediction
IL Is not desirable. not wanted by even the
mos, ardent collectivisi eu, II is unasoid-
able.
Why must IL be So Because socialism IN
an effect-not q eause-and we fail to rec
ognize 1t rs such and treat IL with the wrons
antidote. Socialism Is the effect, technology
the cause.-The thing which above all else
we have come to worship as the greatest ar-
complishment OF man
Technology is the great organizer. II OF
ganizes not only the resources OF the world.
but. with them. the people OF the world As
resources are depleted. as population in
creases. organization becomes more and
more necessary. The thing feeds upon
itself.
Says Frederick oeors Juenger in his The
Failure Of Technology Technical progress
Is coupled with a growth OF oieanisation,
with q mushrooming bureaucracy II re-
auires an enormous personnel. a personnel
which Is wholly unproductise yet increasing
all the faster. the less there Is of the things
produced" Is this not obvious in our own
country? Business blames the people the
people blame business, but neither of them
sees the real culprit, All who decry socialism
blame the political ideologies-but, unreeog-
nized. technology gains favor as the answer
to those ideologies. and itself brings them
closer. What a useless bettiel We do not
even know who or whas We are fighting and
in our blindness we have enlisted our enemy
to our ranks.
Regimentation Replacing Freedom.
We believe technology gives freedom. Yet.
In the most technically developed country.
we have not gained more freedom but tend
ever 10 lose more Of 1t. II technology were
truly on the side Of freedom We by this time
should have dispensed completely with gov
eminent. The reverse Is true. Does any
one imagine the future can bring anything
but more regulation I say categorically.
no: we must kow-tow more and more to
technology. The possibility OF complete
technology without a complete technocracy
Is zero. We must more and more resemble
the machines Of our age. for they are ouf
masters.
, To those who believe wa are masters of
the machines please consider this: The oc-
cupational accident or automobile accident
does not occur so long as man acts like q
machine. It Is precisely the moment man
acts like q human being that the machine
destroys him and proves who Ia the master.
We must incline toward the machine; 1t
cannot incline toward us. That 10 the tam
gible evidence. The multifarious organiza-
tions OF labor. management and govern
ment are the Intangible evidence OF our sub
servence to technology's machine.
And our warso Our Technology Is out OF
hand. 1t is now a more efficient destroyer
OF its creators. What are the steps we take
to avoid war? More. stronger and bigger
world governments. War and It's preyen-
ton bring nothing but an increased need
for organization. AS resources 30 up In
smoke. the need for closer controls upon
what Is left becomes more necessary.
Future to Be Completely Mechanised.
But the technician viii answer by saying:
I'VE are the only ones who can solve the
problem. Leave II to us. Wen one day be
able to create everything syntheticaily,"
Yes, they may do that but that day viii
be the day when FINAL and complete victory
over freedom Is accomplished Then we ell
must be organized TO the nth degree. Then.
perhaps. we viii not only be Socialists, but
even Communists-all In complete equality.
In the sense that no man viii be more VAL
liable than another. Just as each machine In
equally valuable TO the next Then We win
have accomplished the distribution Of the
poverty OF the world.
No. opposing political ideoloaies VIII not
save u.s. They are the response 20 need. A.
technology spreads our requirement for
technical laws and controls spreads, until
the ultimate In technology viii be reached
when even our thoughts must follow pure
cause -and-efiect patterns Indeed. tech
nology believes that even our thoughts can
be controlled In future days. A. winston
Churchill said II hope my task on this
earth is done by then" The earth win be-
come one big factory. and men viii bs ms
chine-like levers. wheels and cogs-each
performing q meaningless task OF fnfinitess-
maliy small magnitude In an aa-consufninE
.echnical organization.
This problem is not for future genera
lions TO solve. II is upon us today To forms
vaguely recognized as evil Don't blame the
governments: they are helpless ofispfines
II this thing Fighting II In blind anger
.annot kill II. but only cause IL 70 grow
ronaer. The enemy h what we revere ~
,e ultimate OF mans achievement. We be-
.ve In a Utopia OF technology without
chnocracy--but IL is impossible.
wM II. REYNOLDS.
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