[PEN-L:9707] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bill McKibben

[Peter Dorman <dormanp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I read this book twice through when I was 20 & still pick it up from
time to time.  When he's not pontificating, Mumford's great.

Peter

Rob Schaap wrote:
>
> G'day Bill,
>
> >Who do you suggest is a good critic of technology I should read, rather
> >than Manders?  You're right about him, by the time I got through reading
> >his diatribe against TV, bad as I hate TV, I was almost ready to plug in
> >my own TV set again.
>
> I still rate Lewis Mumford (*Technics & Civilisation* comes to mind).  The
> list'll tell us quickly enough if he's gone way out of fashion, I s'pose.
>
> I love the bloke, anyway.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.