The typewriter veils the essence of writing and of the script. It
withdraws from man the essential rank of the hand, without man's
experiencing this withdrawal appropriately and recognizing that it has
transformed the relation of Being to his essence.
-- Martin Heidegger. "On the Hand and the Typewriter" (1942-43)
Parmenides, trans. Andre Schuwer and Richard Rojcewicz. Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, 1998, p.85.