In the writings of Herbert Marcuse, is the quote: “Contemporary industrial civilization demonstrated that it has reached the stage at which ‘the free society’ can no longer be adequately defined in the traditional terms of economic, political, and intellectual liberties, not because these liberties have become insignificant, but because they are too significant to be confined within the traditional forms.” (Page 304) This quote means that the advances in technology have nearly taken the place of direct human labor in some ways. Machines and technology have replaced the work that use to be done by hand or with more effort from a laborer. These advances have become normal and adapted by others, therefore the understanding of why and how this
