Freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness.
ALVIN TOFFLERMy wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age, in which you are an appendage of a machine that sets the pace.
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Information overload will lead to ‘future shock syndrome’ as an individual will suffer severe physical and mental disturbances.
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A new civilization is emerging in our lives, and blind men everywhere are trying to suppress it.
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A library is a hospital for the mind.” – Anonymous
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The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order.
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My wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age, in which you are an appendage of a machine that sets the pace.
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We need a multiplicity of visions, dreams and prophecies – images of potential tomorrows.
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The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I’m talking about an organic computer – about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.
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Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.
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By instructing students how to learn, unlearn and relearn, a powerful new dimension can be added to education.
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Designer’s derive their rewards from ‘inner standards of excellence, from the intrinsic satisfaction of their tasks. They are committed to the task, not the job.
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Change is the process by which the future invades our lives.
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You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.
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The computer is a greater threat to the [nuclear] family than all the abortion laws and gay rights movements and pornography in the world.
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One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we’ll need a new definition.
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Change is the process by which the future invades our lives, and it is important to look at it closely, not merely from the grand perspectives of history, but also from the vantage point of the living, breathing individuals who experience it.
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