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Norman Lear, the famous American TV producer, said: “We just may be the most-informed, yet least self-aware people in history.”
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
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“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.”
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“My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence.
[Sources and Acknowledgements: Chapter 19]”
― 3001: The Final Odyssey
[Sources and Acknowledgements: Chapter 19]”
― 3001: The Final Odyssey
“The world of the future will be an even more demanding struggle against the limitations of our intelligence, not a comfortable hammock in which we can lie down to be waited upon by our robot slaves.”
― The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society
― The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society
“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”
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Gerd’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gerd’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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