The robots are not technologically minded. They were not built to be. They were built to bolster human vanity and pride, to meet a strange longing th… - Clifford D. Simak

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The robots are not technologically minded. They were not built to be. They were built to bolster human vanity and pride, to meet a strange longing that seems to be built into the human ego—the need to have other humans (or a reasonable facsimile of other humans) to minister to our wants and needs, human slaves to be dominated, human beings over which a man or woman (or a child) can assert authority, thus building up a false feeling of superiority.

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About Clifford D. Simak

Clifford Donald Simak (3 August 1904 – 25 April 1988) was an American science fiction writer, and a winner of several Hugo and Nebula awards.

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Birth Name: Clifford Donald Simak
Alternative Names: Cliff Simak

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