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Yes They Want to Kill Us: The Worshippers of Machines Versus Human Beings

Rebecca Solnit · 19 Sept 2026

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  1. Inside the tech bubbles is a deeply flawed notion of our humanity that seems to reduce us to our brain functions, specifically brain functions that machines can do and maybe do better.
  2. The vision of machines clacking away on a post-human planet in the near future is, to me, dismal and barren.

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