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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Topic

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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1982 1980s 20th century
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Charles Baudelaire
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Time
1867 1860s 19th century
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Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 15.

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