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title: "1 Invented Wheel Quotes By Charlie Brooker"
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> [We humans are great at creating tools with unforeseen consequences. For instance, when we invented the wheel, we had no way of knowing we were also laying the foundations for the TV show 'Top Gear.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/we-humans-are-great-at-creating-tools-with-unforeseen-consequences/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/charlie-brooker-1392_consequences_we-humans-are-great-at-creating-tools-wi_2200604.png)

## More by Charlie Brooker

> [People bemoan the loss of watercooler chat, but I think that there's more of that than ever. It's just that it's online.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/people-bemoan-the-loss-of-watercooler-chat-but-i-think-that-there-s/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [ On the other hand \[making a string of one-off episodes\], there's a real freedom, because you're kind of reinventing the show every week. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/on-the-other-hand-making-a-string-of-one-off-episodes-there-s-a-real/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [“Don't vajazzle our memories”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/don-t-vajazzle-our-memories/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [What I disliked most about working as a shop assistant wasn't the occasional snooty customer or the shop or the hours, but the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/what-i-disliked-most-about-working-as-a-shop-assistant-wasn-t-the/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [I think the problem we have as apes is we're asking far bigger questions than we could possibly process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-think-the-problem-we-have-as-apes-is-we-re-asking-far-bigger/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [I've instinctively hated the Tories since birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-ve-instinctively-hated-the-tories-since-birth/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [In the age of social media, everyone's a newspaper columnist, exaggerating what they think and feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/in-the-age-of-social-media-everyone-s-a-newspaper-columnist/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [Women - why aren't you running the world yet? Frankly I'm disappointed in you. Men are still far too dominant for their own good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/women-why-aren-t-you-running-the-world-yet-frankly-i-m-disappointed/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [I loved 'Get Out.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-loved-get-out/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [I'm more pro-technology than people probably realize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-m-more-pro-technology-than-people-probably-realize/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [We've got characters in the UK like Boris Johnson, who's kind of like a proto Trump in many ways even down to the crazy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/we-ve-got-characters-in-the-uk-like-boris-johnson-who-s-kind-of-like/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [The internet's perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain't one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportunities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/the-internet-s-perfect-for-all-manner-of-things-but-productive/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [At the other end of the spectrum, George Gideon Oliver King Rameses Osborne, the fourteen-year-old novelty Chancellor and future baronet of Ballentaylor and Ballylemon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/at-the-other-end-of-the-spectrum-george-gideon-oliver-king-rameses/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [We take things that would have struck us as miraculous five years ago for granted. Like Pokémon Go would have been insane, and now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/we-take-things-that-would-have-struck-us-as-miraculous-five-years-ago/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [I used to draw comics a lot. I was obsessed with 'The Young Ones,' and was massively into video games, although I was no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-used-to-draw-comics-a-lot-i-was-obsessed-with-the-young-ones-and/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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