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Technology does not fulfill man’s perennial dreams, but craftily mimics them.

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila Escolios A Un Texto Implícito: Selección (2001)

La técnica no cumple los viejos sueños del hombre, sino los remeda con sorna. (p. 12)

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