Encoding Love

Sometimes it’s as if you forget I’m human. I am a woman made of skin and bone. I am not a piece of machinery you assembled. You can break me in ways that can't be fixed. It's so easy to replace your things when they're damaged, but I am my own design. You can't replace me. I am not one of your gadgets you can toy with. I wasn’t created to be ruled by you and you can’t gear me to your liking. My affection isn't a game you can download from the app store.

Sometimes it’s as if you forget you're human. You're not a machine, even if you operate like one. You're not made of circuit boards and cold aluminum. Love is not a program that can be encoded into your software. You are a man made of skin and bone. You're a man incapable of feeling anything real but you will find there are things technology can't provide for you. One day you won't be able to function and no update or restore can fix you.

RHODES || KLEIN

The ultimate promise of technology is to make us master of a world that we command by the push of a button.

–Volker Grassmuck