37. Scrap – Coup d’Etat of the Random Element

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Foreword to this New Edition of Nine Chains to the Moon 7
4. An Outline 10
5. 1. Meet Mr. Murphy 13
6. 2. Stomach Rhythms Not All Rhumbas 17
7. 3. ’S a House, Darling 21
8. 4. The Phantom Captain 30
9. 5. What Is a House? 42
10. 6. Teleology 55
11. 7. We Call It “Earth” 61
12. 8. “E = Mc²” = Mrs. Murphy’s Horse Power 72
13. 9. Dollarability 84
14. 10. Primary Motivations of Man: Fear and Longing 105
15. 11. Genius and Talent 110
16. 12. Patrons of Art: Death and Life 116
17. 13. Span-Spinning from Abstract Thought to Physical Science 126
18. 14. Dogmatic Toll Takers: Detour via the North West Spiral: Triangles and Squares 129
19. 15. The 2000-Year Streamlining of Society 138
20. 16. The Zero Hour 142
21. 17. Baby Industry Is Kidnapped 149
22. 18. Longing Crosses the Sea 156
23. 19. Machinery Follows Longing and Carves a Trend Pattern 163
24. 20. The Warehouse Era 169
25. 21. Not in Vain Did They Die 176
26. 22. Enter Alloy: Exit Rust 182
27. 23. Ford Consolidates the Scientific Emergence 192
28. 24. Accounting Subterfuges of Capital’s Bankruptcy 209
29. 25. Indirect Effect of the War: Death of the Warehouse-Commerce City 216
30. 26. Emergence Through Emergency 227
31. 27. Trick Balance Sheet 233
32. 28. Ecoballistics: Booms Boomerang 237
33. 29. Speculation: Introducing the Mechanical Stock Exchange 241
34. 30. 24 Hour Year Round, World Wide Referendum Service: True Credit Amplification 249
35. 31. The Scientific Segregation of Scarcity and Plenitude 252
36. 32. Universal Language 263
37. 33. Ephemeralization 267
38. 34. Science and Industry “Take Off” as the Boys “Get Down” to Business 271
39. 35. Flimsy Fabric of the Abstract Monopolies 282
40. 36. Throwing in the Patented Sponge 285
41. 37. Scrap – Coup d’Etat of the Random Element 296
42. 38. Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe 302
43. 39. Scientific Dwelling Service 313
44. 40. The Nine “Chains” 332
45. 41. Jones and the X-ian 336
46. 42. Resolved to Resolve 342
47. 43. Anthem 351
48. Photo Gallery 357
49. Claude Lichtenstein: Panopticon for the 21st Century 376
50. Joachim Krausse: Fuller’s Oikos 387