The greatest discovery of the 21st century will be the discovery that Man was not meant to live at the speed of light.” – Marshall McLuhan
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The greatest discovery of the 21st century will be the discovery that Man was not meant to live at the speed of light.” – Marshall McLuhan
The artist picks up the message of cultural and technological challenge decades before its transforming impact occurs.
from Marshall McLuhan, W. Terrence Gordon - Understanding Media_ the Extensions of Man_ Critical Edition-Gingko Press by Marshall McLuhan
Laura Huang added
- The most exciting breakthroughs of the twenty-first century will not occur because of technology, but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.
from REINVENTING ORGANIZATIONS by Frederic Laloux
sari and added
technical change alters not only habits of life, but patterns of thought and valuation,
from Marshall McLuhan, W. Terrence Gordon - Understanding Media_ the Extensions of Man_ Critical Edition-Gingko Press by Marshall McLuhan
Laura Huang added
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom -
Isaac Asimov
from Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence [Paperback] Tegmark, by Max Tegmark
- Speed and efficiency are the promise of modernity. But speed and efficiency are all destination and no journey. And it is journey that gives life meaning.
from Things I'm thinking about
Mark Fishman added
Anything moving at near the speed of light, Einstein realized, would experience phenomena totally different from the everyday.
from Build Your Own Time Machine by Brian Clegg
