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the senses was long held to be the mark of our rationality, and
may in the computer age easily become so again. For it is now
possible to program ratios among the senses that approach
the condition of consciousness. Yet such a condition would
necessarily be an extension of our own consciousness as much
as wheel is an extension of feet in rotation. Having extended or
translated our central nervous system into the electromagnetic
technology, it is but a further stage to transfer our
consciousness to the computer world as well. Then, at least, we
shall be able to program consciousness in such wise that it
cannot be numbed nor distracted by the Narcissus illusions of
the entertainment world that beset mankind when he
encounters himself extended in his own gimmickry.
If the work of the city is the remaking or translating of man
into a more suitable form than his nomadic ancestors achieved,