I’ve heard my teacher say, where there are machines, there are bound to be machine worries; where there are machine worries, there are bound to be machine hearts. With a machine heart in your breast, you’ve spoiled what was pure and simple; and without the pure and simple, the life of the spirit knows no rest.
―Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Zhuangzi
This fits well with the modern world and his meaning. However, I don’t remember interpreting such modern perspective when I was reading Zhuangzi.
Thanks! All that is old becomes new again. This is from the Burton Watson translation of Zhuangzi. The image speaks as well. I think of these quote/image pairings as duets or dialogues. I put them together and look for synchronicity. Sometimes they go in new directions.