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

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

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Another quote from the 1980s

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.

Václav Havel

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Topic
Modern life

Author

Václav Havel
Medium
Letter
Language
Czech
Time
1983 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Havel, Vaclav. Letter to Olga Havlova. 5 Oct. 1981.

Another quote about Progress

Justice is love on legs, spilling over into the public sphere.

Cornel West

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Topic
Love as action Justice Political progress Progress
Speaker
Cornel West
Source
Big Think
Medium
Interview
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
2009 2000s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

West, Cornell. "Cornell West's Catastrophic Love." BigThink.com, 6 Nov. 2009.