Any society which gives lip-service to the idea of equal opportunity is going to generate jealousy of others who are better off than you are, even if the thing that's in short supply can't be carved up and shared without destroying it.
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…
- 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. - 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.
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 …
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.
To go faster you must slow down. - John Brunner
To go faster you must slow down.
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.
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…
Let's all be different same as me. - John Brunner
Let's all be different same as me.
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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