"Machines were the ideal metaphor for the central pornographic fantasy of the nineteenth century, rape followed by gratitude.
The World's Fair audience tended to think of the machine as unqualifiedly good, strong, stupid and obedient. They thought of it as a giant slave, an untiring steel Negro, controlled by Reason in a world of infinite resources.
Photo by Ákos Szabó
Photo by Ian Turnell
The World's Fair audience tended to think of the machine as unqualifiedly good, strong, stupid and o...
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