Machines are not bad but a completely mechanized age would be a disaster.
So long as man does not become enslaved to machines he may use them freely.
But if machinery is master and man the slave, the effect is disastrous
Broadly seen, however, the more complex the machinery becomes, the more fully men become slaves to it.
Man is most free when his tools are proportional to his needs.
~ Soetsu Yanagi in 'The Unknown Craftsman'- a quiet manifesto for the preservation and enhancement of crafts.