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“The new electronic devices do indeed have the power to force people to "communicate" with them mechanically. The machine-like behavior of people chained to electronics constitutes a degradation of their well-being and of their dignity which, for most people in the long run, becomes intolerable. Observations of the sickening effect of programmed environments show that people in them become indolent, impotent, narcissistic and apolitical. The political process breaks down because people cease to be able to govern themselves; they demand to be managed.” ― Ivan Illich
In the Mirror of the Past: Lectures and Adresses, 1978-1990

More precise date shows it was 1984 or before
Media Credibility and Social Responsibility
Proceedings of the Seventh World Media Conference, November 19-22, 1984, Tokyo, Japan
https://books.google.com/books?id=EBMbAQAAIAAJ&q=%E2%80%9CThe+machine-like+behavior+of+people+chained+to+electronics+constitutes+a+degradation+of+their+well-being+and+of+their+dignity+which,+for+most+people+in+the+long+run,+becomes+intolerable.%22&dq=%E2%80%9CThe+machine-like+behavior+of+people+chained+to+electronics+constitutes+a+degradation+of+their+well-being+and+of+their+dignity+which,+for+most+people+in+the+long+run,+becomes+intolerable.%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X

This reference dates it to year 1983 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Home_Economics_Teacher_Education/u8FGAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%E2%80%9CThe+machine-like+behavior+of+people+chained+to+electronics+constitutes+a+degradation+of+their+well-being+and+of+their+dignity+which,+for+most+people+in+the+long+run,+becomes+intolerable.%22&dq=%E2%80%9CThe+machine-like+behavior+of+people+chained+to+electronics+constitutes+a+degradation+of+their+well-being+and+of+their+dignity+which,+for+most+people+in+the+long+run,+becomes+intolerable.%22&printsec=frontcover