“For the last five centuries, ever since Gutenberg's printing press made book reading a popular pursuit, the linear, literary mind has been… — Nicholas Carr Copy Share Image
“AUSTRALIA, LIKE THE UNITED STATES, experienced a different path to inclusive institutions than the one taken by England. The same revolutions that… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
All black people who are even minimally conscious, black people who have ever experienced Europe's technological power crusading in the vanguard of… — Lewis Nkosi Copy Share Image
“I've decided that has been the great achievement of our age: to so thoroughly flood the planet with megabits that every image… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Coined by ecologist Eugene Stoermer in the 1980s, but popularized by Dutch chemist Paul Crutzen in 2002, the term Anthropocene refers to… — Cristina Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Jobs are a centuries-old concept created during the Industrial Revolution. Despite the reality that we're now deep in the Information Age, many… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Zippers are primal and modern at the very same time. On the one hand, your zipper is primitive and reptilian, on the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“I am a citizen of this country,” I declare, “and Mr. Mayor, tonight I will be a citizen of this city when… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
The greenhouse crisis is the bill coming due for the Industrial Revolution. It's not an accident. It's the logical outcome of our… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
“As with France, an important consequence of the British Industrial Revolution for China and Japan was military vulnerability. China was humbled by… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“The history of irregular media operations is complex and fractured; generalizations are difficult. Yet it is possible to isolate three large and… — Marc Hecker Copy Share Image
“Many 18th- and 19th-century artists rejected, criticized, or ignored the Industrial Revolution. Instead of uplifting man, industry seemed to demoralize and dehumanize… — Jesse Bryant Wilder Copy Share Image
I think that human beings have gotten as far as we've gotten because of our adaptability, our ability to adapt, and our… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
Harris Tweed as been around since before the Industrial Revolution when it was a handmade cloth from the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. — Hilary Farr Copy Share Image
“While there are reasons to be sceptical about the predicted technological dystopia that has prompted many high-tech plutocrats to come out in… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
“That’s got to stop,” says I. “The idea of any blood-thirsty pirate (Mexican President Diaz) sitting on a throne and reaching across… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
“The Renaissance established the dignity of man. The Industrial Revolution established the unity of nature. That” — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
My sense is that we're ready for another industrial revolution in this country. The great minds and innovators of Silicon Valley would… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
You've got to reach towards a better language, and you're not going to make it up from scratch; you've got to reach… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Go home now,” says I. “Keep away from the saloons. Save your money. You are going to need it.” “What are we… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
Liberty and morality had to win their way slowly over many centuries, until finally expanding liberty made possible the great technological advance… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
“Yet, with all his acuteness, it did not occur to him that Europe was not in the least to blame for his… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share… — John Boyd Orr Copy Share Image
“We will endeavor to halt the Industrial Revolution before it is too late, to regulate population at a reasonable point, to eventually… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
