| >Just because a robot can do the same job doesn’t make an activity dehumanizing - you seem to merely be justifying a negative view. Well, you asked "why would safely and efficiently performing your job be dehumanizing?" as if it somehow the fact that those two qualities are meritorious precludes that characterization. That's why I brought up robots, because they are a clear counter example to your implicit claim. Also, to be fair, I did ask if I was wrong to assume that was indeed your claim... >You’re also ignoring that the point of pointing and calling is precisely to keep you from responding robotically... Actually, here you're conflating robotically with habitually or instinctively or carelessly. Consider that robots can respond to deviations as edge cases, in a manner analogous to conditional statements; such a response would have to be robotic, wouldn't it? Robots can very obviously handle deviations if they're programmed to, so that was a bad example. > Using motion and language to amplify our natural faculties for best effect at a social purpose sounds pretty human to me. I agree the creative use of this is human, but what I'm asserting is that this can be done to a dehumanizing end. Humanity created robots. > I’m curious, what activity do you view as not dehumanizing? Inherently human activities such as creating knowledge of other people. |