Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.
I've always worked on the machines, especially the 125 and 250 which are really difficult to set up.
We have Windows 8 machines for our office. All of our staff have Windows phones. Some have desktops. We have a couple of folks who are using a Surface. I use a Surface.
The only thing I knew how to do without a lot of money was repairing tools. I actually started making and repairing tools for machines.
Possibly the strangest book ever made, the 'Codex Seraphinianus' is an encyclopedia of an imaginary world, with illegible calligraphy - it is written in an alphabet no one can understand - and surreal drawings of odd beasts and machines.
As machines take over the decision-making that saves lives, we are left with fewer chances to save lives later.
In our urge to automate, in our eagerness to adopt the latest innovations, we appear to have developed a habit of unthinkingly handing over power to machines.