My analysis, especially of the computer revolution, always comes back to capitalism. It's that economic system that has led to Western civilization's willingness to enslave ourselves to machines - because some people benefit enormously from it, while the costs are borne by other people and the planet.
The virtue of small government is that the mistakes are small as well...If you want to leave a nation you think is corrupt, inefficient, militaristic… - Kirkpatrick Sale
The virtue of small government is that the mistakes are small as well...If you want to leave a nation you think is corrupt, inefficient, militaristic…
- Kirkpatrick Sale
Everyone is shy - it is the inborn modesty that makes us able to live in harmony with other creatures and our fellows. Achievement comes not by denyi… - Kirkpatrick Sale
Everyone is shy - it is the inborn modesty that makes us able to live in harmony with other creatures and our fellows. Achievement comes not by denyi…
That is the onslaught. It has been going on a long time, I argue, but in the 20th century humans have certainly perfected it, extending domination to… - Kirkpatrick Sale
That is the onslaught. It has been going on a long time, I argue, but in the 20th century humans have certainly perfected it, extending domination to…
When I speak of knowledge of nature, I do not mean industrial science, which argues that nature is inert and can be understood only to enable humans … - Kirkpatrick Sale
When I speak of knowledge of nature, I do not mean industrial science, which argues that nature is inert and can be understood only to enable humans …
I'm convinced that the catastrophes of the next two decades will be so vast as to bring about a world where life, if it survives, will be far simpler… - Kirkpatrick Sale
I'm convinced that the catastrophes of the next two decades will be so vast as to bring about a world where life, if it survives, will be far simpler…
Economic and social misery increases in direct proportion to the size and power of the central government of a nation or state. - Kirkpatrick Sale
Economic and social misery increases in direct proportion to the size and power of the central government of a nation or state.
So the technology that does the least alteration of nature, the least harm to other species and systems, and provides the greatest intimacy of human … - Kirkpatrick Sale
So the technology that does the least alteration of nature, the least harm to other species and systems, and provides the greatest intimacy of human …
I want to leave my country without leaving my home. - Kirkpatrick Sale
I want to leave my country without leaving my home.
And it was only when we invented the spear and began roaming the planet that technologies got complex and central to human survival. - Kirkpatrick Sale
And it was only when we invented the spear and began roaming the planet that technologies got complex and central to human survival.
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