“In 1956, the German-Austrian philosopher Günther Anders published a collection of essays entitled The Obsolescence of the Human. Anders, Hannah Arendt's first husband, argued that technological progress would push humans to develop a novel form of self-contempt.”
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- It used to be our imperfect bodies that made us insecure. With AI, it’s our minds as welltheguardian.com · 8 Sept 2026
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