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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... existence of something that cannot possibly be described " ? Is it not far more absurd to deny that existence ? To dismiss as non - existent what happens to be indescribable is to equate existence with information . Can a color be ...
... existence of something that cannot possibly be described " ? Is it not far more absurd to deny that existence ? To dismiss as non - existent what happens to be indescribable is to equate existence with information . Can a color be ...
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... existence " the writer refers to is that of the ancient power complex - that conglomerate style based on the incessant manufacture and the consumption of technological novelties , consumptive superfluities , and vacuous pleasures ...
... existence " the writer refers to is that of the ancient power complex - that conglomerate style based on the incessant manufacture and the consumption of technological novelties , consumptive superfluities , and vacuous pleasures ...
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... existence will ultimately bear some impress of mind , is surely the central fact of human development . This is what distinguishes a higher culture from a lower one , a vacuous existence from a purposeful one , a superior , mentally ...
... existence will ultimately bear some impress of mind , is surely the central fact of human development . This is what distinguishes a higher culture from a lower one , a vacuous existence from a purposeful one , a superior , mentally ...
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