An Intelligence Aid, But Not Intelligent

Abstract

The first phase of industrialization enlarged man’s physical scope of action; by means of mechanical and electrical power he was able to multiply his muscle strength. The outstanding success had its price: The standardization of mass production, the foundation for the development of public social welfare, robbed work of a sense of its own qualitative value. In the span of two lifetimes more natural resources were used up than in the twenty preceeding generations.