Accomplish Quote by John Stuart Mill

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.

— John Stuart Mill

“1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of…

— Anonymous

To those who think that all this sounds like science fiction, we point out that yesterday's science fiction is today's fact. The Industrial Revolution…

— Theodore Kaczynski

The industrial age is over. What follows will be life lived on a much smaller and finer scale.

— James Howard Kunstler

In my opinion, all previous advances in the various lines of invention will appear totally insignificant when compared with those which the present century…

— Charles Holland Duell

Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever…

— Remy de Gourmont

If anything, technology has brought out the darker and more sinister side of humanity.

— Klayton

“The technologically-aided destruction of old, mechanical professions drives us to higher-functioning tasks that tap more fully into what makes us human.”

— Winston Damarillo

“inventions have eliminated so much of distance and time; for better, for worse, we are now each of us part of the surge and…

— Vera Brittain

Now that I am ninety-five years old, looking back over the years, I have seen many changes taking place, so many inventions have been…

— Grandma Moses

If we have learned anything at all in this century, it is that all new technologies will be put to use, sooner or later,…

— Lewis Thomas

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

— Henry David Thoreau