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Page 127
... material goods , of environmental control ; that quantitative productivity is an end in itself , and that every means should be used to further expansion . This was a defensible position in the seventeenth century , when an economy of ...
... material goods , of environmental control ; that quantitative productivity is an end in itself , and that every means should be used to further expansion . This was a defensible position in the seventeenth century , when an economy of ...
Page 174
... material expansion to be an ultimate good . And since the condition to be analyzed now exists in almost every phase of automation , from food production to nuclear weapons , I shall confine myself largely to the field I have the closest ...
... material expansion to be an ultimate good . And since the condition to be analyzed now exists in almost every phase of automation , from food production to nuclear weapons , I shall confine myself largely to the field I have the closest ...
Page 175
... material abundance , and remote control . Central to these magic aspirations was , for obvious reasons , material abundance ; this proved indeed to be the tempting immediate bait that concealed the collective trap of external power and ...
... material abundance , and remote control . Central to these magic aspirations was , for obvious reasons , material abundance ; this proved indeed to be the tempting immediate bait that concealed the collective trap of external power and ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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