[lbo-talk] Triple Your Lizard

[Dwayne Monroe]

Chris Doss wrote:

I'm not sure there's anything terribly profound in noting that human
beings, who exist in time, understand things in terms of time.

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Sadly Monsieur Reverse Renaissance, you're wrong once again.

The issue isn't people understanding things "in terms of time" but
people understanding things in terms of time as *defined by the
clock.*

At least three rather profound books have been written about the
changes that occurred during the transition from the pre-clock to
clock eras.

One.
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Technics and Civilization

by Lewis Mumford

orig link -

<http://www.amazon.com/Technics-Civilization-Lewis-Mumford/dp/015688254X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248285360&sr=1-1>

bit.ly link -

http://bit.ly/xdEtV

Two.
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Space, Time and Architecture

by Siegfried Giedion

orig link -

<http://www.amazon.com/Space-Time-Architecture-Tradition-Enlarged/dp/0674830407>

bit.ly link -

http://bit.ly/grQSW

Three.
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Mechanization Takes Command

by Siegfried Giedion

orig link -

<http://www.amazon.com/Mechanization-Takes-Command-Contribution-History/dp/1590173376/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248285284&sr=1-2>

bit.ly link -

http://bit.ly/2EtmJU

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