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... megatechnics ' the dominant minority will create a uni- form , all - enveloping , super - planetary structure , designed for automatic op- eration . Instead of functioning actively as an autonomous personality , man will become a ...
... megatechnics ' the dominant minority will create a uni- form , all - enveloping , super - planetary structure , designed for automatic op- eration . Instead of functioning actively as an autonomous personality , man will become a ...
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Lewis Mumford. 20 : Achievements of the Megamachine The first exhibition of megatechnics comes from the Step Pyramid at Sakkara , constructed under the architect , engineer , scientist , and physician , Imhotep , who well earned his ...
Lewis Mumford. 20 : Achievements of the Megamachine The first exhibition of megatechnics comes from the Step Pyramid at Sakkara , constructed under the architect , engineer , scientist , and physician , Imhotep , who well earned his ...
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... megatechnics ' as distinguished from the more modest and diversified modes of technology , which until our own century continued to perform the larger part of the daily work in the workshop and on the farm , sometimes with the help of ...
... megatechnics ' as distinguished from the more modest and diversified modes of technology , which until our own century continued to perform the larger part of the daily work in the workshop and on the farm , sometimes with the help of ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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