Quote by David Crystal
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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Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs. – Freeman Dyson

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You can have the best technology in the world, but if you dont have a community who wants to use it and who are excited about it, then it has no purpose. – Chris Hughes

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The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday. – Dennis Gabor, Innovations: Scientific, Technological and Social, 1970

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A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. Im using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that. – Laurie Anderson

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