Ouroboros or the Mechanical Extension of Mankind

Garet Garrett

“One story of us is continuous. It is the story of our struggle to recapture the Garden of Eden, meaning by that a state of existence free from the doom of toil.”

Garrett explores the consequences of advancing technology and industrial capacity in this short but intriguing work. The author follows human progress through the centuries and the impacts of technological development on humanity’s way of life.

Ouroboros by Garet Garrett
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Garet Garrett

Garet Garrett (1878–1954) was an American journalist and author who was noted for his critiques of the New Deal and US involvement in the Second World War.

Articles of Interest Garet Garrett
[The following is a condensation of Garet Garrett’s pamphlet The Rise of Empire , published in 1952, and included in his collection The People’s Pottage (Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1953).] We have...
Mises Daily Garet Garrett
There are many aspects of government. The one least considered is what may be called the biological aspect, in which government is like an organism with such an instinct for growth and self-expression that if let alone it is bound to destroy human freedom — not that it might wish to do so but that it could not in nature do less. No government ever wants less government — that is, less of itself. No government ever surrenders power, even its emergency powers — not really.
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References

E.P. Dutton and Company, New York, 1926