We have created an industrial order geared to automatism, where feeble…

Lewis Mumford
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We have created an industrial order geared to automatism, where feeble-mindedness, native or acquired, is necessary for docile productivity in the factory; and where a pervasive neurosis is the final gift of the meaningless life that issues forth at the other end. ✨ The Conduct Of Life. Book by Lewis Mumford. Chapter: The Fulfillment of Man, 1951.
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