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Page 189
... megamachine thence becomes ' megatechnics ' as distinguished from the more modest and diversified modes of ... megamachine . Only kings , aided by the discipline of astronomical science and supported by the sanctions of religion , had ...
... megamachine thence becomes ' megatechnics ' as distinguished from the more modest and diversified modes of ... megamachine . Only kings , aided by the discipline of astronomical science and supported by the sanctions of religion , had ...
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... megamachine the model for all later complex machines , but it served to bring a necessary order and continuity and predictability into the rough - and - tumble of daily life , once the food supply and the canal system had overpassed the ...
... megamachine the model for all later complex machines , but it served to bring a necessary order and continuity and predictability into the rough - and - tumble of daily life , once the food supply and the canal system had overpassed the ...
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... megamachines can be overthrown , that human errors are not immortal . The collapse of the Pyramid Age proved that the megamachine exists on a basis of human beliefs , which may crumble , of human decisions , which may prove fallible ...
... megamachines can be overthrown , that human errors are not immortal . The collapse of the Pyramid Age proved that the megamachine exists on a basis of human beliefs , which may crumble , of human decisions , which may prove fallible ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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