In the society of men the truth resides now less in what things ar

In the society of men the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so ugly if seen in the light of exiled truth, and beauty is no longer possible if it is not a lie. – R. D. Laing

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Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that! – Lewis Carroll

Dont bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid. – Salvador Dali

When you automate an industry you modernize it; when you automate a life you primitivize it. – Eric Hoffer

You are born modern, you do not become so. – Jean Baudrillard

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