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> [Science promised man power. But, as so often happens when people are seduced by promises of power, the price is servitude and impotence. Power is nothing if it is not the power to choose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/science-promised-man-power-but-as-so-often-happens-when-people-are/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

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## More by Joseph Weizenbaum

> [Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under his pillow, only more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/putting-a-computer-in-front-of-a-child-and-expecting-it-to-teach-him/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [“I have spoken here of what ought and ought not to be done, of what is morally repugnant, and of what is dangerous. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/i-have-spoken-here-of-what-ought-and-ought-not-to-be-done-of-what-is/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [“What I had not realized is that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/what-i-had-not-realized-is-that-extremely-short-exposures-to-a/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [I think that children have a power to imagine that is almost magical when compared to the adult imagination, and this is something irrevocable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/i-think-that-children-have-a-power-to-imagine-that-is-almost-magical/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [Being personally acquainted with a number of Waldorf students, I can say that they come closer to realizing their own potential than practically anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/being-personally-acquainted-with-a-number-of-waldorf-students-i-can/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [Man is not a machine, ... although man most certainly processes information, he does not necessarily process it in the way computers do. Computers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/man-is-not-a-machine-although-man-most-certainly-processes/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [Science promised man power. But, as so often happens when people are seduced by promises of power, the price is servitude and impotence. Power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/science-promised-man-power-but-as-so-often-happens-when-people-are/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [“If the teacher, if anyone, is to be an example of a whole person to others, he must first strive to be a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/if-the-teacher-if-anyone-is-to-be-an-example-of-a-whole-person-to/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [“I cannot tell why the spokesmen I have cited want the developments I forecast to become true. Some of them have told me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/i-cannot-tell-why-the-spokesmen-i-have-cited-want-the-developments-i/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/the-computer-programmer-is-a-creator-of-universes-for-which-he-alone/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/a-computer-will-do-what-you-tell-it-to-do-but-that-may-be-much/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [“It is a widely held but a grievously mistaken belief that civil courage finds exercise only in the context of world-shaking events. To the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/it-is-a-widely-held-but-a-grievously-mistaken-belief-that-civil/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor, however powerful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/the-computer-programmer-is-a-creator-of-universes-for-which-he-alone-2/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

> [“Our time prides itself on having finally achieved the freedom from censorship for which libertarians in all ages have struggled...The credit for these great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/our-time-prides-itself-on-having-finally-achieved-the-freedom-from/)

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