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Instead of starting from the individuality of the technical object, or even from its specificity, which is very unstable, try to define the laws of its genesis in the framework of this individuality or specificity, it is better to invert the problem: it is from the criterion of the genesis that we can define the individuality and the specificity of the technical object: the technical object is not this or that thing, given hic et nunc but that which is generated.

Gilbert Simondon

The machine is a slave which serves to make other slaves. Such a domineering and enslaving drive may go together with the quest for human freedom. But it is difficult to liberate oneself by transferring slavery to other beings, men, animals, or machines; to rule over a population of machines subjecting the whole world means still to rule, and all rule implies acceptance of schemata of subjection.

Gilbert Simondon

Gilbert Simondon

Gilbert Simondon

Born: October 2, 1924

Died: February 7, 1989 (aged 64)

Bio: Gilbert Simondon was a French philosopher best known for his theory of individuation and his interest in technology.

Known for:

Two Lessons on Animal and Man
Du Mode d'existence des objets techniques (1958)
L'individuation psychique et collective (1989)

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