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... means of outlasting the brain that first brought it into existence . At the animal level , brain and mind are virtu- ally one , and over a large portion of man's own existence they remain almost undistinguishable — though , be it noted ...
... means of outlasting the brain that first brought it into existence . At the animal level , brain and mind are virtu- ally one , and over a large portion of man's own existence they remain almost undistinguishable — though , be it noted ...
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... means — or at least to place every living function under mechanical direction and control . Le Dessinateur , automa- ton by Henri Jaquet - Droz ( fabricated 1772-1774 ) . Courtesy of the Museum of Art and History , Neuchâtel ...
... means — or at least to place every living function under mechanical direction and control . Le Dessinateur , automa- ton by Henri Jaquet - Droz ( fabricated 1772-1774 ) . Courtesy of the Museum of Art and History , Neuchâtel ...
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... means of ostentatiously displaying it . So deeply has this part of the myth of the machine become one of the basic assumptions of our own technology that most of us have lost sight of its point of origin . But royal commands , like ...
... means of ostentatiously displaying it . So deeply has this part of the myth of the machine become one of the basic assumptions of our own technology that most of us have lost sight of its point of origin . But royal commands , like ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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