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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... mass production of scientific knowl- edge went hand in hand with the mass production of inventions and prod- ucts derived from science . Thus the scientist came to have a new status in society , equivalent to that occupied earlier by ...
... mass production of scientific knowl- edge went hand in hand with the mass production of inventions and prod- ucts derived from science . Thus the scientist came to have a new status in society , equivalent to that occupied earlier by ...
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... mass society ( democratic participa- tion ) to a far larger population . To discuss the proliferation of inventions during the last two centuries , the mass production of commodities , and the spread of all the technologi- cal factors ...
... mass society ( democratic participa- tion ) to a far larger population . To discuss the proliferation of inventions during the last two centuries , the mass production of commodities , and the spread of all the technologi- cal factors ...
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... mass consumption with a vengeance . As a result of war itself , the economic ... production , full ' research and development , ' and full consumption was ... mass products that can be profitably supplied . Judged purely in terms of ...
... mass consumption with a vengeance . As a result of war itself , the economic ... production , full ' research and development , ' and full consumption was ... mass products that can be profitably supplied . Judged purely in terms of ...
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