The Failure of Technology

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Table of Contents Introduction I The Literature of a Danger Zone II The Delusion of the Saving of Labor III The Delusion of Wealth IV The Distribution of Poverty V The Pillage of The Earth VI Technology vs the Profit Motive VII The Invasion of Life by Automatons VIII The Invasion of Life by Dead Time IX The Tyranny of Causalism Over Man X The Victory of Dead Time Over Life Time XI The Myth of Exact Science XII The Perversion of Freedom XIII Socialism as Surrender to Technology XIV Technology Serves Not Mankind, But Itself XV The Fallacy of Specialist Thought XVI Technology Creates Bureaucracy XVII The Ravages of Functionalism XVIII Technology's Attack on Law and Property XIX The Subjugation of Science XX The Destruction of Money XXI Technical Training vs Education XXII “Scientific” Nutrition —A Fraud XXIII Technology Usurps the State XXIV The Disintegration of Nature by Scientific Thought XXV Functionalism Versus Vitality XXVI The Vengeance of the Fettered Elements XXVII The Immaturity of Technological Perfection XXVIII Technology Prepares for Invasion by Ideologies XXIX The Mirage of Socialism XXX Self—Deception by Photography XXXI The Stampeding of the Masses XXXII Masses and Imperialism XXXIII The Mechanical Sterility of Modern Sports XXXIV Synthetic Emotions from Synthetic Amusements XXXV The Modern Longing for Vitality and Devitalization XXXVI Technology and War XXXVII The Self—Frustration of Social Security XXXVIII The Downfall of the Mechanized State Notes