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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... means capri- cious or accidental ; for automatic figures , in animal or human shape , ' animated ' as we say by clockwork , were the perfect embodiment of the royal demand for unconditional obedience , absolute order , push - button ...
... means capri- cious or accidental ; for automatic figures , in animal or human shape , ' animated ' as we say by clockwork , were the perfect embodiment of the royal demand for unconditional obedience , absolute order , push - button ...
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... means of print , nothing will be transmitted further that does not conform to the current standards of the megamachine . This was neatly illustrated during the mounting Vietnam crisis in the United States , when television gave equal ...
... means of print , nothing will be transmitted further that does not conform to the current standards of the megamachine . This was neatly illustrated during the mounting Vietnam crisis in the United States , when television gave equal ...
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... means and methods are sane : my purpose is mad . " For the splitting of the atom was the beautiful consummation ... means of death outpaced the means of life . The parallels with the Pyramid Age do not end here . Around this mortuary ...
... means and methods are sane : my purpose is mad . " For the splitting of the atom was the beautiful consummation ... means of death outpaced the means of life . The parallels with the Pyramid Age do not end here . Around this mortuary ...
Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
Copyright | |
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