The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that read more

The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

Before you can hit the jackpot, you have to put a coin in the machine

Before you can hit the jackpot, you have to put a coin in the machine

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.

The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to eat

The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to eat

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw.

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw.

When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a read more

When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, read more

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, and loathed because they impose slavery

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.