Quote #18

Technology has not advanced because people are starved for instruments to make a better civilization, but because they are starved for entertainment - technology is still mostly a toy factory for grown-ups.

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  2. Sometimes when you feed on another's word you must eat it like a banana - you peel it first.
  3. The more fortunate people among us would surely think we are civilized, but the less fortunate among us are a reminder that we're not.
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