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Society in the Technical Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Heinrich N. Volkov
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Extract

In his book Der Mensch und die Technik (Zurich, 1953, p. 18), the Swiss engineer Gustav Eichelberg painted a humorous picture of the overall development of society, which he represented as a 60 km. marathon race, with each kilometer representing 1,000 years.

Type
Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 14 , Issue 55 , September 1966 , pp. 16 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © 1966 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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