“Not everyone was thrilled with Gutenberg’s creation. As today, there were pessimists and scolds who viewed new technology as a blight on civilization. In his recent book, The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future, Robert Darnton quotes from a… — William Powers Copy Share Image
“Psychologists tell us that when you abandon a mental task to attend to an interruption, your emotional and cognitive engagement with the main task… — William Powers Copy Share Image
“That which we allow to exist, to flourish freely according to its own rhythms, is superior to anything our little hands create.” — William Powers Copy Share Image
“I thought of something from Nietzsche: “How little suffices for happiness!” — William Powers Copy Share Image
“Not everyone was thrilled with Gutenberg’s creation. As today, there were pessimists and scolds who viewed new technology as a blight on civilization. In… — William Powers Copy Share Image
“The difference between actually very serious and actually very funny is actually very thin.” — William Powers Copy Share Image
“Think how nature makes things compared to how we humans make things." We talked about how animals don't just preserve the next generation; they… — William Powers Copy Share Image
“This is how social change ultimately happens: enlightened values do not change behavior; the contours of self-interest are altered and new values rush into… — William Powers Copy Share Image
