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}}{{quote|''With every single technological advance, from the invention of writing to the invention of television, those who have failed to appreciate the non-zero-sum nature of technological evolution have prophesied doom and been proven wrong. Every time, they have made some version of the argument: this time it is different, and been proven wrong.'' | }}{{quote|''With every single technological advance, from the invention of writing to the invention of television, those who have failed to appreciate the non-zero-sum nature of technological evolution have prophesied doom and been proven wrong. Every time, they have made some version of the argument: this time it is different, and been proven wrong.'' | ||
:—{{author|Venkatesh Rao}}, {{br|Breaking Smart: Season One}}}} | :—{{author|Venkatesh Rao}}, {{br|Breaking Smart: Season One}}}} | ||
{{Quote|What’s truly amazing about these times is that we have more access than ever before to material that demonstrates the continuity and repetitiveness of history, including evidence of the insistence by critics of all eras that this time is different, yet so many still buy into the pyramid scheme that we are special. It is both self-aggrandising and self-exonerating; it feels right. | |||
:—Lauren Oyler, ''London Review of Books''}} | |||
Stiffen your sinews if you hear this one. | Stiffen your sinews if you hear this one. | ||