The text raises the question about the difference between dancing to make it rain and pressing a button to illuminate a screen. Both involve a bodily movement leading to an outcome: in the rain dance, the body is the device addressing a deity, while pressing a button involves a device as an extension of the body. The text references Norbert Wiener's warning in the 1950s about the dangerous identification between religion and technology. It reflects on current cultural policies and the potential transformation of technology into a kind of faith, complete with its priests, celebrations like Black Friday, heretics, atheists, and social network martyrs.
Author: Chiara Valerio
Publisher: Einaudi
Softcover, 128 pages
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