"Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence, and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity."
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- Oh wearisome condition of humanity!
Born under one law,
to another bound. -- Fulke Greville, Lord... - Humanity prefers comfort over
truth... - Humanity is a
... - Humanity is moving in a circle. The progress in mechanical things of the
past hundred years has proceeded at the cost of losing many other things
which perhaps were much more important for it.
George... - O wearisome condition of humanity!
Born under one law,
to another bound. -- Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554... - The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity.
Friedrich... - So where the sheer incompetence of politicians and generals used to
start wars,
the sheer incompetence of us computer people has now... - Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity,
nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the... - I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men and not made
them well,
they imitated humanity so abominably. -- William Shakespeare...
From the same category:
- Education will be truly effective only when it is specifically
designed to meet the individual needs and interests... - The arts (painting, music, literature,
etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses... - Sometimes imagination is a more valuable asset than experience.
People who lack experience are free to imagine what... - Much of the information that people assume is 'factual' actually turns out to be inaccurate.
Thus, any piece of information referred to as a 'fact'... - The widespread idea that people should make self-improvement
a primary goal in their lives is problematic because...
