Australian Left Review

Article Title

Review : Architect or Bee? The Human/Technology Relationship by Mike Cooley

Authors

Peter Mason

Abstract

In 1917 Bertrand Russell wrote a speech for the war workers of Glasgow dealing with a pressing problem th a t is every bit as pressing today: how, as an individual, to avoid being crushed by the huge, impersonal institutions of the twentieth century. Above all how to escape the tendency to greed and self interest which, he said, modern capitalism forces upon all who are not heroic or exceptionally fortunate.