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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... biological , anthropological : indeed , the most frenetic advocates of this process are proclaiming that the whole biological world is now being supplanted by technology , and that man will either become a willing creature of his ...
... biological , anthropological : indeed , the most frenetic advocates of this process are proclaiming that the whole biological world is now being supplanted by technology , and that man will either become a willing creature of his ...
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... biological interpretation of man's ulti- mate destiny rests on abstractions and purely logical deductions that are highly questionable . Man's biological emergence during the last two million years has , indeed , accelerated ; and it ...
... biological interpretation of man's ulti- mate destiny rests on abstractions and purely logical deductions that are highly questionable . Man's biological emergence during the last two million years has , indeed , accelerated ; and it ...
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... biological revolution , destined to change the world even more pro- foundly , was still to come . " Unfortunately this biological revolution has already been recognized and eagerly hailed by the exponents of the power system as the next ...
... biological revolution , destined to change the world even more pro- foundly , was still to come . " Unfortunately this biological revolution has already been recognized and eagerly hailed by the exponents of the power system as the next ...
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