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... proved so great a con- tribution to technical efficiency and large - scale collective operations as the megamachine itself . In both its constructive and destructive forms , the megamachine established a new pattern of work and a new ...
... proved so great a con- tribution to technical efficiency and large - scale collective operations as the megamachine itself . In both its constructive and destructive forms , the megamachine established a new pattern of work and a new ...
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... proved that the megamachine exists on a basis of human beliefs , which may crumble , of human decisions , which may prove fallible , and human consent , which , when the magic becomes discredited , may be withheld . The human parts that ...
... proved that the megamachine exists on a basis of human beliefs , which may crumble , of human decisions , which may prove fallible , and human consent , which , when the magic becomes discredited , may be withheld . The human parts that ...
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... proved difficult to control . Yet the Benedictine system demonstrated how efficiently the daily work could be done , when it was collectively planned and ordered , when co- operation replaced coercion , and when the whole man ...
... proved difficult to control . Yet the Benedictine system demonstrated how efficiently the daily work could be done , when it was collectively planned and ordered , when co- operation replaced coercion , and when the whole man ...
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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