The second coming of what?
A review of an article entitled “The Second Coming—A Manifesto,” by David Gelernter, is presented. Gelernter, a surviving victim of the Unabomber, continues on from the concepts expressed in his first book in describing a debate about the value of technology from the standpoint of technophile and t...
| Publicado en: | American Prospect Vol. 11; no. 25; pp. 33 - 36 |
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December 4 2000
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