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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... scientists habitually remained silent about public affairs and were outwardly if not ostentatiously ' loyal . ' Thus their mental isolation made them predestined cogs in the new megamachine . Aware of this political neutrality ...
... scientists habitually remained silent about public affairs and were outwardly if not ostentatiously ' loyal . ' Thus their mental isolation made them predestined cogs in the new megamachine . Aware of this political neutrality ...
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... scientists from being exposed to attacks by the Church and the State , so long as they kept close to their own rabbity thought - warren . The scientists ' aloofness from the social scene , though an excellent temporary protective device ...
... scientists from being exposed to attacks by the Church and the State , so long as they kept close to their own rabbity thought - warren . The scientists ' aloofness from the social scene , though an excellent temporary protective device ...
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... scientists a central place in the new power complex and resulted eventually in the invention of many other instruments that have rounded out and universalized the system of control first established to meet only the exigencies of war ...
... scientists a central place in the new power complex and resulted eventually in the invention of many other instruments that have rounded out and universalized the system of control first established to meet only the exigencies of war ...
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