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Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence—those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. — Aldous Huxley · 1962The clock, not the steam-engine, is the key-machine of the modern industrial age. — Lewis Mumford · 1934Time1 quote
The clock, not the steam-engine, is the key-machine of the modern industrial age. — Lewis Mumford · 1934