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... symbolic operations beyond human capabilities within a normal lifespan. the computer is an invaluable adjunct to the brain, though not a substitute for it. Since the computer is limited to handling only so much experience as can be ...
... symbolic operations beyond human capabilities within a normal lifespan. the computer is an invaluable adjunct to the brain, though not a substitute for it. Since the computer is limited to handling only so much experience as can be ...
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... symbolic structure of language, built solely out of gestures, sounds, images, whose parts have both stability as units and virtually infinite capacities for re-assemblage in unique but intelligible structures. Both in its dynamic ...
... symbolic structure of language, built solely out of gestures, sounds, images, whose parts have both stability as units and virtually infinite capacities for re-assemblage in unique but intelligible structures. Both in its dynamic ...
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... symbolic contributions to, 420 Technics and Civilization,' 295, 326, 375, 430 Technics and Human Development' (The Myth of the Machine,' Vol. I), [10], [18-19], 161, 209, 238, 422 Technocracy, autocratic, [10] Technocratic predictions ...
... symbolic contributions to, 420 Technics and Civilization,' 295, 326, 375, 430 Technics and Human Development' (The Myth of the Machine,' Vol. I), [10], [18-19], 161, 209, 238, 422 Technocracy, autocratic, [10] Technocratic predictions ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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