And so, disillusioned with traditional society, caught up in a reactive codependence on our machines, many of us exist as consumers but not creators, reactors but never drivers of change.
Iron Man and the Modern Identity Crisis
Micah Redding
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This is true since immemorial times. Think of the industrial revolution, line production, and all the technological advancements in the 20th Century and how people reacted to them — consumers, not creators; reactors, no drivers of change.