Hamlet On The Holodeck / quote 12 of 23

Bad reaction to technologies

[talking about a scholar who wouldn't accept the new technologies] To my mind it was because she could not separate the activities of research from the particular form they had historically assumed. Her love of books (which I share) momentarily blinded her to the true object of reverence: the creating of a superb reference work. Her reaction is a sign that the new technologies are extending our powers faster than we can assimilate the change.

Saved 26 February 2013 / www.amazon.co.uk ↗

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