Man: Needs and Drives

Abstract

Now that we know what sort of universe man inhabits, we can take up the account of his own nature as we left it in chapter I. The older accounts will have to be radically revised in the light of recent developments. More specifically, we need to take another perspective and look at him as he is conditioned by the artificial environment he has made for himself. Actually, it is doubtful whether an individual could make any move that did not involve an artifact of some sort. Therefore I will not try to say everything important that can be said about him, only that fraction which concerns his interactions with artifacts, which is, however, considerable.