Citations some behavior cannot be taken over by apparatuses and that the sort of behavior that cannot be automated is exactly the sort that constitutes human dignity, for example, the commandment to “honor thy father and mother.” That is an error. All modes of behavior, of any sort, can be programmed and automated. It is a matter of breaking the behavior down into its constituent elements, into actemes, and then computing them back together again. Just such breaking down and recalculating is what programming is. The commandment mentioned earlier can be broken down into actemes such as “feed your bedridden mother rice pudding.” Apparatuses will obey this commandment better, more quickly, and more precisely than human beings do. Flusser: Does Writing Have a Future? , p. 58 Tags Code