The Liberating Force Of Technology The Instrumentalization

Thought And Speech Are Of A Thinking And Speaking Subject, And If The Life Of The Latter Depends On The Performance Of A Superimposed Function, It Depends On Fulfilling The Requirements Of This Function Thus It Depends On Those Who Control These Requirements.

Freedom Of Enterprise Was From The Beginning Not Altogether A Blessing. As The Liberty To Work Or To Starve, It Spelled Toil, Insecurity, And Fear For The Vast Majority Of The Population. If The Individual Were No Longer Compelled To Prove Himself On The Market, As A Free Economic Subject, The Disappearance Of This Freedom Would Be One Of The Greatest Achievements Of Civilization.

The Philosopher ... Subjects Experience To His Critical Judgment, And This Contains A Value Judgment Namely, That Freedom From Toil Is Preferable To Toil, And An Intelligent Life Is Preferable To A Stupid Life. It So Happened That Philosophy Was Born With These Values. Scientific Thought Had To Break This Union Of Value Judgment And Analysis, For It Became Increasingly Clear That The Philosophic Values Did Not Guide The Organisation Of Society.

The People Recognize Themselves In Their Commodities; They Find Their Soul In Their Automobile, Hi-fi Set, Split-level Home, Kitchen Equipment.

When The Whole Is At Stake, There Is No Crime Except That Of Rejecting The Whole, Or Not Defending It. ... Those Who Identify Themselves With The Whole, Who Are Installed As The Leaders And Defenders Of The Whole Can Make Mistakes, But They Cannot Do Wrong - They Are Not Guilty. They May Become Guilty Again When This Identification No Longer Holds, When They Are Gone.