Manifesto — All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

Iliketothink

(and the sooner the better!)

ofacyberneticmeadow

wheremammalsandcomputers

livetogetherinmutually

programmingharmony

likepurewater

touchingclearsky.

Iliketothink

(right now, please!)

ofacyberneticforest

filledwithpinesandelectronics

wheredeerstrollpeacefully

pastcomputers

asiftheywereflowers

withspinningblossoms.

Iliketothink

(it has to be!)

ofacyberneticecology

wherewearefreeofourlabors

andjoinedbacktonature,

returnedtoourmammal

brothersandsisters,

andallwatchedover

bymachinesoflovinggrace.

Written by Richard Brautigan, 1968