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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... seemed to offer equal benefits . To many , indeed , the territorial New World seemed a more attractive alternative : an escape route into a realm of effortless abundance and wealth , or a return to primeval simplicity and good - natured ...
... seemed to offer equal benefits . To many , indeed , the territorial New World seemed a more attractive alternative : an escape route into a realm of effortless abundance and wealth , or a return to primeval simplicity and good - natured ...
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... seemed to him " the most common and simple , hence the easiest to know " ; while the mathematical advances that delighted him seemed at first serviceable only because they " contributed to the advancement of the mechanical arts ...
... seemed to him " the most common and simple , hence the easiest to know " ; while the mathematical advances that delighted him seemed at first serviceable only because they " contributed to the advancement of the mechanical arts ...
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... seemed to be rising , leading to the universal reign of law , self - government , and cooperation on an increasingly worldwide scale . Even in militarized countries like Germany , as late as the Zabern affair in 1912 , the govern- ment ...
... seemed to be rising , leading to the universal reign of law , self - government , and cooperation on an increasingly worldwide scale . Even in militarized countries like Germany , as late as the Zabern affair in 1912 , the govern- ment ...
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