THE HUMAN MACHINE
An engineer in one of America’s largest companies has described a human being this way: “Man is a complete self-contained, totally enclosed power plant, available in a variety of sizes, and reproducible in quantity. He is relatively long-lived, has major components in duplicate, and, science is rapidly making strides toward solving the spare parts problem. He is water-proof, amphibious, operates on a wide variety of fuels; enjoys thermostatically-controlled temperature, circulating fluid heat, evaporative cooling; has sealed, lubricated bearings, audio and visual communication, and is equipped with an automatic control called a “brain.”
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