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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... results . In itself the method of analytic dismemberment favored such piecework : but by the same token , it resulted ... result in a decrease of shared meanings . Thus in time , specialized knowledge , " knowing more and more about less ...
... results . In itself the method of analytic dismemberment favored such piecework : but by the same token , it resulted ... result in a decrease of shared meanings . Thus in time , specialized knowledge , " knowing more and more about less ...
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... resulting from the closer analysis of air flow for the purpose of improving airplanes . Western man's pride over his ... result is that a monotechnics , based upon scientific intelligence and quantitative production , directed mainly ...
... resulting from the closer analysis of air flow for the purpose of improving airplanes . Western man's pride over his ... result is that a monotechnics , based upon scientific intelligence and quantitative production , directed mainly ...
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... result of automation is not necessarily a better product ; it merely enables the same product to be sold at a larger profit in a mass market . The growth of automated breadmaking has driven thousands of local bakers out of existence ...
... result of automation is not necessarily a better product ; it merely enables the same product to be sold at a larger profit in a mass market . The growth of automated breadmaking has driven thousands of local bakers out of existence ...
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