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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