For all the claims one hears about the liberating impact of the data-net, the truth is that it's wished on most of us a brand-new reason for paranoia.
What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to … - John Brunner
What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to …
- John Brunner
We've been slaves to our tools since the first caveman made the first knife to help him get his supper. After that there was no going back, and we bu… - John Brunner
We've been slaves to our tools since the first caveman made the first knife to help him get his supper. After that there was no going back, and we bu…
Let's all be different same as me. - John Brunner
Let's all be different same as me.
It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button. - John Brunner
It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.
There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better. - John Brunner
There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.
Extremism. It is an almost infallible sign — a kind of death-rattle — when a human institution is forced by its members into stressing those and only… - John Brunner
Extremism. It is an almost infallible sign — a kind of death-rattle — when a human institution is forced by its members into stressing those and only…
If the evidence says you're wrong, you don't have the right theory. You change the theory, not the evidence. - John Brunner
If the evidence says you're wrong, you don't have the right theory. You change the theory, not the evidence.
To go faster you must slow down. - John Brunner
To go faster you must slow down.
Love and joy are incredibly habit-forming; often a single exposure is enough to cause permanent addiction. - John Brunner
Love and joy are incredibly habit-forming; often a single exposure is enough to cause permanent addiction.
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