and speed of our own extended bodies is one which engenders 
new extensions. Every technology creates new stresses and 
needs in the human beings who have engendered it. The new 
need and the new technological response are born of our 
embrace of the already existing technology—a ceaseless 
process.

     Those familiar with the novels and plays of Samuel 
Beckett need not be reminded of the rich clowning he engenders 
by means of the bicycle. It is for him the prime symbol of the 
Cartesian mind in its acrobatic relation of mind and body in 
precarious imbalance. This plight goes with a lineal progression 
that mimics the very form of purposeful and resourceful 
independence of action. For Beckett, the integral being is not 
the acrobat but the clown. The acrobat acts as a specialist, 
using only a limited segment of his faculties. The clown is the