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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... mind , in language , tradition , history , architecture , books , records , the synthesis outlined in Leonardo's life still beckons us , all the more since the Sun God's reign threatens to be termi- nated , not only by human failures ...
... mind , in language , tradition , history , architecture , books , records , the synthesis outlined in Leonardo's life still beckons us , all the more since the Sun God's reign threatens to be termi- nated , not only by human failures ...
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... mind , though always present , may for ' practical purposes ' be disregarded . As Galileo put it , and as the exponents of the power complex agreed , counting and measuring are the attributes of mind that have objective reality ; and ...
... mind , though always present , may for ' practical purposes ' be disregarded . As Galileo put it , and as the exponents of the power complex agreed , counting and measuring are the attributes of mind that have objective reality ; and ...
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... mind , it may be modified and transformed by the same processes . What the human mind has created , it can also destroy . Neglect or withdrawal of interest works as effectively as physical assault . This is a lesson that our machine ...
... mind , it may be modified and transformed by the same processes . What the human mind has created , it can also destroy . Neglect or withdrawal of interest works as effectively as physical assault . This is a lesson that our machine ...
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