I would've loved to see more concrete examples of the evolution of Nietzsche's writings and ideas pre- and post-typewriter adoption, and maybe what does that mean for Nietzsche's legacy as a whole.
Friedrich Nietzsche and his Typewriter – a Malling-Hansen Writing Ball
http://www.malling-hansen.org/friedrich-nietzsche-and-his-ty...
(via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6100076, but no comments there)
If you can’t go back and read what you just wrote, it results in a concision of thought - formulate a sentence in your mind, transcribe. Repeat.
When you can read back what you’re writing, it lends much more scope for punning, for long, tangential sentences - as the paper becomes your short term memory.
This holds particularly true for a not only blind but aging mind, with a slowly diminishing capacity for short-term recall.
So, did the typewriter turn him into a machine-man? No. His blindness mandated a modification to his mode of expression, and the transcription technology he chose.
I can’t help but think of the allegory of the tightrope walker and the jester, reading this.