Manufactured objects channel the user’s possible movements toward ends built into their design.

Evidence

That is the fundamental discovery: not only can information move independently of and faster than physical entities, but it also can be a simulation of and control mechanism for what has been left behind. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 819 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Using manufactured objects places the user in the presence of others; Manufactured objects have their essence fixed before their existence — Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism Is a Humanism, 8; Information can simulate and control the objects it moves ahead of. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 819 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Tools and surroundings are grasped through the ends they serve, not in themselves #expands (0.85)
• Using manufactured objects places the user in the presence of others #expands (0.82)
• Information can simulate and control the objects it moves ahead of. #expands (0.80) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 819
• Manufactured objects have their essence fixed before their existence #expands (0.75) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism Is a Humanism, 8
• Instrument behavior emerges from a shared set of physical mechanisms #expands (0.75) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 13