Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.

Stewart Brand

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Technological progress Technology Change Progress

Author

Stewart Brand

Source

The Media Lab

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Citation

Brand, Stewart. The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at M. I. T. Viking, 1987, pt. 1, ch. 1.

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Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?

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Steve Jobs
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1983 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Jobs, Steve. Quoted in Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple, by John Sculley and John A. Byrne. Harper & Row, 1987, ch. 3. Originally a comment made to persuade John Sculley to become Apple's CEO, c. 1983.

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The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.

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Topic
Revolution Words vs. actions Political progress Progress

Author

Karl Marx
Source
Theses on Feurbach
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1845 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Theses On Feuerbach. Friedrich Engels, c. 1888.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. The German Ideology, including Theses on Feuerbach, translated by Friedrich Engels. Prometheus, 1998.