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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... space voyage : while actually alive , he is forced under strict training to divest himself of every hampering ... space ship mainly to establish the possibility of remaining alive in a limited space - twelve feet square - using oxygen ...
... space voyage : while actually alive , he is forced under strict training to divest himself of every hampering ... space ship mainly to establish the possibility of remaining alive in a limited space - twelve feet square - using oxygen ...
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... space technology have been so rapidly perfected . Without the pressure for military advantage , the more differentiated , reliable , safe , and humanly responsive transportation system that existed before 1940 might have remained in ...
... space technology have been so rapidly perfected . Without the pressure for military advantage , the more differentiated , reliable , safe , and humanly responsive transportation system that existed before 1940 might have remained in ...
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... Space , as Satan's power bribe , 311 Space capsule , 227 ; as minimal environ- ment , 306 ; static , [ 21 ] , 309 Space dissertation , first , 45 Space exploration , immediate advantages of , 309 Space rockets , as embodiment of power ...
... Space , as Satan's power bribe , 311 Space capsule , 227 ; as minimal environ- ment , 306 ; static , [ 21 ] , 309 Space dissertation , first , 45 Space exploration , immediate advantages of , 309 Space rockets , as embodiment of power ...
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