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03329_Field_PRFG T24.txt
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[On ground ] It is a term from Gestalt
psychology. Look at the ground “around” the
figure of the automobile, or the ground “around”
any technology, necessarily has a large ground of
services and disservices associated with it. Now,
the ordinary attention is fixed on the figure rather
than the ground , on the wheel rather than the
huge system of road services necessary to
maintain the existence of a wheel or wheeled
vehicles. With a motorcar, most people are
interested in changing designs or patterns of the
car. They pay only incidental attentions to the
huge service environment of roads, oil companies,
filling stations, and other allied services of