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Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention o

Ever since the arrival of printing – thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into peoples minds – people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language. – David Crystal

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As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear. – David Crystal

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Academics dont normally manage to alter peoples way of thinking through their strength of argument. – David Crystal

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Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally.That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world. – Gordon Brown

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Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. – Alan Watts

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Every time new technology is introduced, especially involving reproduction, you get the yuck effect. – Brigitte Boisselier

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