"Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the……" — Norbert Wiener
"Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions. It seems almost as if progress itself and our fight against the increase of entropy intrinsically must end in the downhill path from which we are trying to escape."
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Norbert Wiener
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