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Program 7: Tangents of Technology
Aldous Huxley leads a discussion of the ecological effects of technology; a witty, urbane lament that the birds and the bees may be the tragic price we are paying for our conquest of nature. Participants include Ritchie Calder, Robert M. Hutchins, and Walter J. Ong. Mar. 16, 1962. [CSDI program number 7; UCSB tape numbers A6674/R7, A6675/R7]
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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.
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