Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

Technik als Kniff, die Welt so einzurichten, daß wir sie nicht erleben müssen.

Max Frisch

Homo Faber

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Downsides of technology Technology

Author

Max Frisch

Source

Homo Faber

Medium

Novel

Language

German

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Novelist Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

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Citation

Frisch, Max. Homo faber. Ein Bericht. [Homo faber. A Report.] Abelard-Schuman, 1957.

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