Caution! Random thought, not intended as logic!
When technology is generally sane and non-genocidal, the products of technology look like mammals and birds, like the animals we keep as livestock or pets, the animals we eat.
I’ve drawn this analogy with cars. Before 1940 cars were cows or horses, with long noses and ruminant eyes on the side of the head.
After WW2 cars started to dehorsify. They looked more like primates, with flat faces and eyes facing forward. Now cars look like crabs or spiders.
Tubes and transistors looked like birds or humans:
Our modern Tech Tyrants have a different phylum in mind when they think of livestock and pets and food.
Quiz for reader: What was Hitler’s favorite car?
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