Friedrich Nietzsche
The Last Man (b)
The Domesticated terminus — comfort, no exertion, 'we have invented happiness.' The apex's ultimate success. Lens on the bot-dominated internet user-base.
Also in The Apex in Literature & Philosophy
Isaac AsimovPsychohistory / Foundation — the recursion (b)C.S. LewisThe Conditioners / Abolition of Man (b)J.R.R. TolkienThe Machine / the One Ring (b)Frank HerbertThe Butlerian Jihad (b)Philip K. DickThe Black Iron Prison / VALIS (b+a)Rudolf SteinerAhriman / the machine-swarm (a)Martin HeideggerGestell / standing-reserve (b)Michel FoucaultBiopower / the Panopticon (b)