Luce Irigaray
(1930) feminist, philosopher, linguist, psychoanalyst, sociologist and cultural theorist
“Legend has it that every new technology is first used for something related to sex or pornography. That seems to be the way of humankind.”
"The Guardian profile : Tim Berners-Lee"(12 August 2005) http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/aug/12/uknews.onlinesupplement
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