Bruce Mazlish Quote

The human desire to escape the flesh, which took one form in asceticism, might take another form in the creation of machines. Thus, the wish to rise above the bestial body manifested itself not only in angels but in mechanical creatures. Certainly, once machines existed, humans clearly attached to them feelings of escape from the flesh.

The Fourth Discontinuity: The Co-Evolution of Humans and Machines, (p. 218)