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stasis
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perhaps machines allow us to maintain equilibrium in the face of population growth, and very little changes: stasis.
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return
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perhaps with our machines we will return to values and lifestyles we have otherwise seemingly abandoned.
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computopia
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perhaps machines will lead us to the promised land of productivity and freedom from sustenance: computopia.
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technological determinism
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perhaps current technologies are simply answers to previous technologies; so technology determines our future. we might call this technological determinism.
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