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“Wildland firefighters do not enjoy the cultural prestige that structural firefighters do. They do not wax their fire engines and cruise down the local parade route, lights flashing; they are not the subject of countless popular books and movies; major politicians do not honor their sacrifices on the Senate floor or from the Rose Garden; they do not have bagpipe bands, fancy equipment, enduring icons, or other signifiers of honor verifying the importance of their activity.”
― On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters
― On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters
“Machines are the concealed wishes of actants which have tamed forces so effectively that they no longer look like forces”
― The Pasteurization of France
― The Pasteurization of France
“The king that "never dies" here has been replaced by the king that always dies, and suffers death more cruelly than other mortals.”
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“I have sought to offer humanists a detailed analysis of a technology sufficiently magnificent and spiritual to convince them that the machines by which they are surrounded are cultural artifacts worthy of their attention and respect.”
― Aramis, or The Love of Technology
― Aramis, or The Love of Technology
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