--- title: "1 Ponder Life Quotes By Edward Luce" description: "1 Ponder Life quotes by Edward Luce. Plus more from Edward Luce and more Ponder Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/edward-luce-10080_ask-yourself_for-those-who-still-believe-our-age-s-di_989764.jpg" --- > [“For those who still believe our age’s disruptions match what happened after 1870, ask yourself which you would first give up, your iPhone or the flush toilet? Laptop or antibiotics? If you have trouble answering those, ponder life without electricity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/for-those-who-still-believe-our-age-s-disruptions-match-what-happened/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/edward-luce-10080_ask-yourself_for-those-who-still-believe-our-age-s-di_989764.jpg) ## More by Edward Luce > [“Davos has become the emblem of a global elite that has lost its ability to listen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/davos-has-become-the-emblem-of-a-global-elite-that-has-lost-its/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“By any numerical measure, humanity is becoming rapidly less poor. But between half and two-thirds of people in the West have been treading water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/by-any-numerical-measure-humanity-is-becoming-rapidly-less-poor-but/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“Cowen detects conformism even in the liveliest Silicon Valley companies. Most of its denizens wear some variation on the casual hipster uniform and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/cowen-detects-conformism-even-in-the-liveliest-silicon-valley/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“It would also require a conscious effort to look at the world from unfamiliar standpoints and admit that the West has no monopoly on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/it-would-also-require-a-conscious-effort-to-look-at-the-world-from/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“Almost half of Americans would be unable to pay a $400 medical emergency bill without going into debt.67”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/almost-half-of-americans-would-be-unable-to-pay-a-400-medical/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“In the US, the more liberal a city’s politics, the higher the rate of inequality.45”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/in-the-us-the-more-liberal-a-city-s-politics-the-higher-the-rate-of/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“With chisels and pickaxes we made our tiny contributions to this orgy of historic vandalism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/with-chisels-and-pickaxes-we-made-our-tiny-contributions-to-this-orgy/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“History tells us that inequality soars when societies develop.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/history-tells-us-that-inequality-soars-when-societies-develop/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“the Toil Index – the number of working hours it takes a median worker to pay the median rent in one of America’s big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/the-toil-index-the-number-of-working-hours-it-takes-a-median-worker/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“Today’s equivalent is probably ‘get an engineering degree’, but it will not necessarily be as lucrative. A third of Americans who graduated in STEM…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/today-s-equivalent-is-probably-get-an-engineering-degree-but-it-will/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“Shortly afterwards Addis Ababa launched a crackdown on its opponents that resulted in hundreds of deaths. If America’s president was in two minds about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/shortly-afterwards-addis-ababa-launched-a-crackdown-on-its-opponents/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“Émile Durkheim, the father of modern sociology, said that when societies hit a civilisational break the suicide rate soars.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/mile-durkheim-the-father-of-modern-sociology-said-that-when-societies/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“In 1970 only about one in seven American families lived in neighbourhoods that were unambiguously ‘affluent’ or ‘poor’.40 By 2007 that number had risen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/in-1970-only-about-one-in-seven-american-families-lived-in/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“M + D = C, Monopoly plus Discretion equals Corruption”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/m-d-c-monopoly-plus-discretion-equals-corruption/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) > [“No bourgeoisie, no democracy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/no-bourgeoisie-no-democracy/) [Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ponder-life/edward-luce/#itemlist", "name": "1 Ponder Life Quotes By Edward Luce", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For those who still believe our age’s disruptions match what happened after 1870, ask yourself which you would first give up, your iPhone or the flush toilet? 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