"Not every advance is progress. Not every new thing is better for us humanly."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Sherry Turkle

#Progress Quotes

“Marriage is based on the theory that when a man discovers a brand of beer exactly to his taste, he should at once throw up his job and go to work inthe brewery.”
“Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to be watching or reading about emotional crises among folk who live in a world of great fortune both in matters of luck and money; stories and fantasies about rock stars and film stars, sporting millionaires and models; jet-setting members of the aristocracy and international financiers.”

Source : James Kelman (2012). “And the Judges Said&…: Essays”, p.56, Birlinn
“A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged.”
“God is Spirit - without the Holy Spirit you cannot relate to Him.”
“Donald Trump didn't even understand, right, that [Vladimir] Putin was playing him. So, in Putin's mind, I have no doubt that Putin thinks that he's an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation, although Putin would never say that.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.”
“Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.”
“The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.”

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