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“A machine evolves by becoming more efficient, that is, more foolproof; hence the objective of mechanical progress is a foolproof world—which may or may not mean a world inhabited by fools.”
― George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

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Mar 13, 2020 06:29AM

This quote outlines the duality of industrial progress - Softness is repulsive; and thus all progress is to be seen as a frantic struggle towards an objective which you hope and pray will never be reached.

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