By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has …

Lewis Mumford
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By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations have ever fathomed. ✨ The Conduct Of Life. Book by Lewis Mumford, 1951.
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