“Even a potato in a dark cellar has a certain low cunning about him which serves him in excellent stead. He knows perfectly well what he wants and how to get it."
Just read Samuel Butler's 'Book of the Machines', from 1872 (!). Brilliant. And funny!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_among_the_Machines
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