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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... possible failures . Like the artist in ' Rasselas , ' he might have said : " Nothing will ever be attempted , if all possible objections must be first overcome . " That this extravagant dream was not so easily translated into the prac ...
... possible failures . Like the artist in ' Rasselas , ' he might have said : " Nothing will ever be attempted , if all possible objections must be first overcome . " That this extravagant dream was not so easily translated into the prac ...
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... possible only between people who share a common culture - and speak the same language ; and though this area can and should be enlarged by per- sonally acquiring more languages and extending one's cultural horizon through travel and ...
... possible only between people who share a common culture - and speak the same language ; and though this area can and should be enlarged by per- sonally acquiring more languages and extending one's cultural horizon through travel and ...
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... possible destinations bear the least possible resem- blance to those organically rich habitats in which life and mind have actually flourished . To justify space travel , its exponents must brazenly vilify earthly life . And this is ...
... possible destinations bear the least possible resem- blance to those organically rich habitats in which life and mind have actually flourished . To justify space travel , its exponents must brazenly vilify earthly life . And this is ...
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