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Years ago an observer of the contemporary scene commented that it was already possible for the industrialized world to create a nearly perfect habitat for human beings, since the technology already exists to continue and expand our industrial production while eliminating virtually all noise and chemical pollution that produces dangers that are still not completely understood by our society.
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Notes
Philip K. Howard, The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America (New York: Random House, l994), p. 47.
Jeffrey Scheuer, The Sound Bite Society: Television and the American Mind (New York and London: Four Walls-Eight Windows Books, l999), p. 5.
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© 2011 Arthur A. Natella, Jr.
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Natella, A.A. (2011). Industrialism and the Quality of Life. In: International Relations in the Post-Industrial Era. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-11917-8_13
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