The Myth of the Machine: The pentagon of powerHarcourt, Brace & World, 1970 - Technology and civilization |
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... brought together and intelligently digested by the empirical and historical sciences , the story of the technical and scientific advances that were made after the sixteenth century cannot be properly told , still less evaluated ...
... brought together and intelligently digested by the empirical and historical sciences , the story of the technical and scientific advances that were made after the sixteenth century cannot be properly told , still less evaluated ...
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... brought into existence and magnified in every dimension by fresh technical advances . During the last half century this whole picture has changed : much more than anyone born after 1910 could realize from his personal impres- sions and ...
... brought into existence and magnified in every dimension by fresh technical advances . During the last half century this whole picture has changed : much more than anyone born after 1910 could realize from his personal impres- sions and ...
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... brought near . Theoretically , at the present moment , and actually soon in the future , God - that is , the Computer - will be able to find , to locate , and to address instantly , by voice and image , via the priesthood , any ...
... brought near . Theoretically , at the present moment , and actually soon in the future , God - that is , the Computer - will be able to find , to locate , and to address instantly , by voice and image , via the priesthood , any ...
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CONTENTS | 3 |
THE STORY OF UTOPIAS 1922 | 7 |
THE GOLDEN DAY 1926 | 46 |
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