# Technology Makes Reality Seem Human-Shaped by Steve Fuller > "From the design of roads and buildings to the user-friendly features of consumer goods, the technologically extended phenotype has created the illusion that reality is inherently human-shaped." > **— Steve Fuller**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Doing Justice To Machines In An "Organicist" World](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26139) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Steve Fuller; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Technological Evolution|Technological Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Technological Embodiment|Technological Embodiment]] - [[wiki/Extended Mind Thesis|Extended Mind Thesis]] - [[wiki/Human Ecology|Human Ecology]] - [[wiki/Machine-Mediated Human Environment|Machine-Mediated Human Environment]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "From the design of roads and buildings to the user-friendly features of consumer goods, the technologically extended phenotype has created the illusion that reality is inherently human-shaped." — Steve Fuller, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-steve-fuller-technology-makes-reality-seem-human ```