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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... further industrial expansion by erecting the dogma of ' increasing wants ' as an indispensable basis for further industrial progress . This expectancy worked in the opposite direction : for the expanding economy was justified , not ...
... further industrial expansion by erecting the dogma of ' increasing wants ' as an indispensable basis for further industrial progress . This expectancy worked in the opposite direction : for the expanding economy was justified , not ...
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... further controlling and deforming every aspect of human culture , we shall be able to do so only with the aid of a radically different model derived directly , not from machines , but from living organisms and organic complexes ...
... further controlling and deforming every aspect of human culture , we shall be able to do so only with the aid of a radically different model derived directly , not from machines , but from living organisms and organic complexes ...
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... further , if no counter - balancing modes of etherialization become effective , disintegration will , it seems probable , go on with increasing swiftness until no restorative measures are possible . In this case , the forces of anti ...
... further , if no counter - balancing modes of etherialization become effective , disintegration will , it seems probable , go on with increasing swiftness until no restorative measures are possible . In this case , the forces of anti ...
Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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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