American Genesis
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This book completely changed how I thought about the technology that surrounds us, the electric grid, assembly line production, the military-industrial complex, and on and on.
I grew up at the end of the time period Hughes writes about when all these huge technological systems were in place. I didn’t give them a thought. They were like the air we breathe. But they were created during this century, and it was amazing to read about this transformation of our world.
Reading this book, for me, was like learning to see the world I live in anew, to feel the air…
From Davis' list on how the things in our world get made and work.
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