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The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, tech

The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world. – James Buchan

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One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. – James Buchan

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History
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Cause and effect, the riddle of all history, is a particular devil in financial history and never more so than today, where entire classes of security are collapsing not on public exchanges and stock-tickers but because there are no markets to establish prices this side of nothing. – James Buchan

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History
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In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency – money – the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished. – James Buchan

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Society
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Other Quotes from
Technology
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As industrial technology advances and enlarges, and in the process assumes greater social, economic, and political force, it carries people away from where they belong by history, culture, deeds, association and affection. – Wendell Berry

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Technology

Well, another market is being created now out of Internet technology. – Jim Barksdale

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Technology

Technology is permeating every single thing we do… And to the extent that we can better expose our young people to all the different ways that technology can be used, not just for video games or toys, were planning for the future. – Marc Morial

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Technology

The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm. – Edward Tufte

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Technology

Random Quotes

I myself believe that there will one day be time travel because when we find that something isnt forbidden by the over-arching laws of physics we usually eventually find a technological way of doing it. – David Deutsch

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Travel

You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers. – Clive Anderson

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famous

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance – the idea that anything is possible. – Ray Bradbury

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The secret of food lies in memory – of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is. – Jerry Saltz

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Food