application/pdf article en-US TWO Academicus Academicus 2079-3715 2309-1088 © Copyright 2010, Academicus, All rights reserved. MMXXIV 30 The Eclipse of Reason - A Present Time Risk Franco Ferrarotti 10.7336/academicus.2024.30.01 11 19 2024-07-01T06:30Z 4015 246595 progress technology reason development eclipse intelligence This paper contends that technical progress, from automation in industry to artificial intelligence, might involve the risk of a humanly impoverished society. Instrumental values could overcome final values and determine the end of meaning.