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Peter Sloterdijk, award-winning author, moderator of the "Philosophical Quartet" on ZDF and rector of the Karlsruhe Academy of Art and Design, is one of the most famous philosophers of our time. He explains why he sees Homo sapiens first and foremost as Homo technologicus, i.e. as an animal that has adopted technology, and what consequences this has for how a society deals with new technologies. Found via: / empachannel http://www.empa.ch