We read advertisements to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready — even eager — to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it. – Daniel J. Boorstin
In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue. – Paul Davies
Once upon a time we were just plain people. But that was before we began having relationships with mechanical systems. Get involved with a machine and sooner or later you are reduced to a factor. – Ellen Goodman, “The Human Factor,” The Washington Post, January 1987
