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100 1 _aGarrett, Garet,
_d1878-1954
245 1 0 _aOuroboros; or, the mechanical extension of mankind
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aTo-day and to-morrow series
500 _aRelease date is 2025-02-19
508 _aBob Taylor, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"Ouroboros; or, the mechanical extension of mankind" by Garet Garrett is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. The work explores the evolution of humanity in relation to machines and mechanical inventions and examines how these advancements have transformed society, economics, and the nature of toil. The thematic insight focuses on humanity's unending quest to escape labor through mechanization, only to find themselves entrenched in an even more profound cycle of production and consumption. At the start of the treatise, the author presents a narrative of humanity's historical struggle to escape the burdens of work, tracing this journey from the agricultural society to the age of machines. He discusses how the advent of technology and efficient machinery aimed to liberate individuals from manual labor but ultimately resulted in an overwhelming obligation to maintain and feed the very systems designed to serve them. As Garrett delves into the paradox of surplus production and the implications of mechanization, he raises thought-provoking questions about the nature of economic necessity and human fulfillment in the industrial landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1926
653 _aMachinery
653 _aMachinery in the workplace
830 0 _aTo-day and to-morrow series
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/ouroborosormecha00garruoft/page/n7/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75418
999 _c116143
_d116143