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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... megamachine exercises more effective con- trol over large populations than any merely political unit can profess . Nietzsche once described war as the " health of the State " ; but more than this , it is the body and soul of the megamachine ...
... megamachine exercises more effective con- trol over large populations than any merely political unit can profess . Nietzsche once described war as the " health of the State " ; but more than this , it is the body and soul of the megamachine ...
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... megamachine leaves open is whether this destruction shall be swift or slow : the negative goal is in- corporated in the basic ideological assumptions that govern the system . The artists of the present generation , who have exposed this ...
... megamachine leaves open is whether this destruction shall be swift or slow : the negative goal is in- corporated in the basic ideological assumptions that govern the system . The artists of the present generation , who have exposed this ...
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... megamachine . Paradoxically , then , the greatest gains that have been achieved through command of nuclear reaction have been purely spiritual ones : an enriched conception of cosmic realities : a deeper insight into the nature of the ...
... megamachine . Paradoxically , then , the greatest gains that have been achieved through command of nuclear reaction have been purely spiritual ones : an enriched conception of cosmic realities : a deeper insight into the nature of the ...
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