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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... population lived in the countryside ; and though the proportion varied from region to region , as late as 1940 four - fifths of the population of the planet , according to the French geographer Max Sorre , lived in agricultural villages ...
... population lived in the countryside ; and though the proportion varied from region to region , as late as 1940 four - fifths of the population of the planet , according to the French geographer Max Sorre , lived in agricultural villages ...
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... population of a conquered city was restricted by the amount of hand labor required . Modern technics has removed such limits : nuclear blasts and chemical poisons have been treated by pro- fessedly humane governments as a justification ...
... population of a conquered city was restricted by the amount of hand labor required . Modern technics has removed such limits : nuclear blasts and chemical poisons have been treated by pro- fessedly humane governments as a justification ...
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... population , and , best of all , a swift disposition of the product by ceaseless destruction . This was mass consumption with a vengeance . As a result of war itself , the economic center of gravity shifted to the State , that is , the ...
... population , and , best of all , a swift disposition of the product by ceaseless destruction . This was mass consumption with a vengeance . As a result of war itself , the economic center of gravity shifted to the State , that is , 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