"The civilizing process has increased the distance between behavior and the impulse life of the animal body."

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Source : Shoshana Zuboff (1988). “In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power”, New York : Basic Books

Shoshana Zuboff

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“If I don't need the money, I don't work.”
“Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 season. I also felt that I should take as much time as possible to sort through my feelings and make sure that my feelings were backed with conviction.”
“It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.”
“I'm not interested in attacking, I'm interested in astonishing.”
“A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood.”
“Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive.”
“Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?”
“The coaches today should realize that they are, after all, working with children who sometimes have to stand up to physical and moral stresses which not even all grown-ups could bear.”

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