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> [The invisibility of work and workers in the digital age is as consequential as the rise of the assembly line and, later, the service economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-invisibility-of-work-and-workers-in-the-digital-age-is-as/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [“The problem came down to this: Americans, who had invented the modern assembly line, the skyscraper, the airplane, and the integrated circuit, no longer believed in the future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-problem-came-down-to-this-americans-who-had-invented-the-modern/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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## More by George Packer

> [I don't think they need to be nice to reporters, but the White House seems to imagine that releasing information is like a tap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-don-t-think-they-need-to-be-nice-to-reporters-but-the-white-house/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [So many writers grew up in tortured isolation, in revolt against their families. I and my sister were in a house where writing was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/so-many-writers-grew-up-in-tortured-isolation-in-revolt-against-their/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Afghanistan can't police its borders, and its neighbors give sanctuary and assistance to insurgents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/afghanistan-can-t-police-its-borders-and-its-neighbors-give-sanctuary/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Hillary Clinton's such a classic Democratic political figure and believes so much in institutions and in gradualism in the old way of reaching compromises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/hillary-clinton-s-such-a-classic-democratic-political-figure-and/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [“In other words, Foxx represented what Sarah Palin (speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Greensboro three weeks before the election) called “the real America,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/in-other-words-foxx-represented-what-sarah-palin-speaking-at-a/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [America's vast population of working poor can only get so poor before even Walmart is out of reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/america-s-vast-population-of-working-poor-can-only-get-so-poor-before/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [The Olympics are never just about sports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-olympics-are-never-just-about-sports/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> ['The Assassins' Gate' is a very tightly controlled story of the ideas that led to the war and the consequences of those ideas in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-assassins-gate-is-a-very-tightly-controlled-story-of-the-ideas/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Amazon's identity and goals are never clear and always fluid, which makes the company destabilizing and intimidating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/amazon-s-identity-and-goals-are-never-clear-and-always-fluid-which/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/ideology-knows-the-answer-before-the-question-has-been-asked/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Everything seems set up for success in digital journalism - money, eyeballs, software, brands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/everything-seems-set-up-for-success-in-digital-journalism-money/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management, and scores…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/climate-change-joined-immigration-job-creation-food-safety-pilot/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/much-of-the-international-unease-with-the-sochi-games-has-focused-on/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [I've been interested in American politics since I was eight. That was in 1968. It was an interesting year. I was a huge Eugene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-ve-been-interested-in-american-politics-since-i-was-eight-that-was/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [When I interviewed Paul Bremer in his office, he had almost no books on his shelves. He had a couple of management books, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/when-i-interviewed-paul-bremer-in-his-office-he-had-almost-no-books/)

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