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James D. Madden | Unidentified Flying Hyperobject, The Uber-Umwelt, & The Cave
Prometheus, Technology, and Human Undoing
James Madden analyzes the Prometheus myth as a story of human origin through technology. He notes the irony in Aeschylus' version where Prometheus is bound by the very technology he championed. Madden and Carlwood discuss the idea that technology—from cell phones to AI—may be a "trickster" element that weakens natural human abilities. Madden concludes that humanity may be "on rails" toward being overcome or undone by its own technological creations.