Once upon a time we were just plain people. But that was be… - Ellen Goodman

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Once upon a time we were just plain people. But that was before we began having relationships with mechanical systems. Get involved with a machine and sooner or later you are reduced to a factor.

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Ellen Goodman (born Ellen Holtz on 11 April 1941) is an American journalist and Pulitzer prize winner for Distinguished Commentary (1980).

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Alternative Names: Ellen Holtz Goodman • Ellen H. Goodman

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