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Before you can hit the jackpot, you have to put a coin in the machine
Before you can hit the jackpot, you have to put a coin in the machine
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a read more
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large read more
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
The future masters of technology will have to be light-hearted and intelligent. The machine easily masters the grim and the read more
The future masters of technology will have to be light-hearted and intelligent. The machine easily masters the grim and the dumb.
Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, read more
Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, maybe once.
Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back read more
Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.
Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
