The Myth of the Machine, Volume 2Shows that man himself has from the beginning been and still is the central fact of human life today. |
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... United States were endowed with powers that hitherto had been claimed only by Bronze Age gods , powers that had never actually been exercised by any merely human ruler . Thereafter , in the order of precedence , the irreplaceable ...
... United States were endowed with powers that hitherto had been claimed only by Bronze Age gods , powers that had never actually been exercised by any merely human ruler . Thereafter , in the order of precedence , the irreplaceable ...
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... United States has quite another objective , an anti - human one , too hugely visible to be concealed , and indeed already partly achieved . This mode of rocket development began as a means of military espionage and now has come to a ...
... United States has quite another objective , an anti - human one , too hugely visible to be concealed , and indeed already partly achieved . This mode of rocket development began as a means of military espionage and now has come to a ...
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... United Press International . 12. Left , Mirrorpic , from Gilloon Agency ; right , United Press International . 13. Top , Carter Hamilton , from Design Photographers International ; bottom left , Danny Lyon , from Magnum ; bot- tom right ...
... United Press International . 12. Left , Mirrorpic , from Gilloon Agency ; right , United Press International . 13. Top , Carter Hamilton , from Design Photographers International ; bottom left , Danny Lyon , from Magnum ; bot- tom right ...
Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
Copyright | |
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abstract accepted achieved activities actually already ancient authority automatic automation became become beginning brought century civilization collective communication complex continued culture demands Descartes destruction direct economy effect effort energy environment equally established existence experience exploration fact final forces functions further future give human idea improvements increase industrial institutions intelligence invention knowledge later least less limited living machine man's mass material means mechanical megamachine megatechnics merely method military mind mode moral nature necessary never objective observed once operation organic original past perhaps physical possible power system practical present production progress proved reality remained result scientific scientists seemed sense single social society space subjective success sufficient symbolic taken technical thought tion turn ultimate United universal whole world picture York