1863
Selekoa’s 5 records dated 1863, in date order, grouped by topic.
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Ideas & lineages 5 records
June 1863
· publication · dated to the day
In the preface to the revised edition of Erewhon (dated 7 August 1901), Samuel Butler states that he rewrote and enlarged “Darwin among the Machines”, the 1863 article signed Cellarius, and calls it the first part of Erewhon written. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
The 1863 letter says that people are creating their own successors by daily improving machines, and that in the course of ages people will find themselves the inferior race. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
The 1863 letter contrasts the "gigantic strides" of the mechanical world with the slow progress of the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
The 1863 letter notes that machinery is already employed in begetting machinery. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
The 1863 letter "Darwin among the Machines" argues that if destroying every machine is impossible, people have already raised a race of machines they cannot destroy and are acquiescent in their bondage. Evidence ↗