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“Misuse of reason might yet return the world to pre-technological night; plenty of religious zealots hunger for just such a result, and are happy to use the latest technology to effect it.”
― The Heart of Things: Applying Philosophy to the 21st Century
― The Heart of Things: Applying Philosophy to the 21st Century
“Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.”
― Brightness Reef
― Brightness Reef
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
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“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.”
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“Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.”
― The Meaning of Things
― The Meaning of Things
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