What really stood out to me in this article is the comparison between the human and the mechanical. Vertov constantly compares the human eye to cameras. He calls this mechanical being the "Keno Eye". He says that this Keno Eye is more perfect than the human eye, and that while we can only do so much for a person's sight, we can endlessly perfect the artificial eye. This Keno Eye can also record reality in a radically different way than that of the human eye. I think that this comparison is interesting, one that seems very relevant in today's world where technology is surpassing humanity.

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