Fall, Mortality, and Machine in Tolkien, Part 3: Machines and Magic and the Human Condition

Tolkien’s attitude toward mechanization sometimes leads people to think of him as a Luddite, but that’s not really accurate. Nevertheless, he did have some negative opinions about “the Machine,” which he equated with “Magic,” and this final video in this series explores some of the ways he might have been onto something.

For my previous two videos in this series:

Fall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJCXQqCE5no&pp=0gcJCbIJAYcqIYzv
Mortality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJGfWI-aGWE

For GirlNextGondor’s excellent video on Tolkien and AI, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1FvJdNKn6Y

Other Links:
Playeur (formerly Utreon): https://playeur.com/c/TolkienLorePodcast/
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-355195
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@TolkienLore:f
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jrrtlore
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tolkiengeek

Xero Shoes (affiliate link): https://xeroshoes.com/go/TolkienGeek

Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/EVKynAj2m9 (If link is expired contact me at [email protected] and I’ll send a fresh invite link).