Once the automobile appeared you could have predicted that it would destroy as many people as it did.
Interpretation
The invention of the automobile brought both progress and harm to society.
Ray Bradbury's quote reflects the dual nature of technological advancements, particularly the automobile, which has undeniably changed the world for the better but also brought about significant loss of life and negative consequences. It suggests that with great innovation comes great responsibility and awareness of potential dangers.
In practice
In a discussion about the impact of transportation on society, this quote could highlight the unforeseen consequences of innovation.
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
I never went to college, so I went to the library.
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I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.
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You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
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People thought I was crazy thinking about a phone you can just put in your pocket.
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When I climb into my car, I enter my destination into a GPS device, whose spatial memory supplants my own. I have photographs to store the images I want to remember, books to store knowledge and now, thanks to Google, I rarely have to remember anything more than the right set of search terms to access humankind's collective memory.
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