The internet was supposed to liberate knowledge, but in fact it buried it, first under a vast sewer of ignorance, laziness, bigotry, superstition and filth and then beneath the cloak of political surveillance. Now..cyberspace exists exclusively to promote commerce, gossip and pornography. And of course to hunt down sedition. Only paper is safe. Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar, you have to hold it, you have to read it. Ben Elton
Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.
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Robert A. Heinlein
The internet was supposed to liberate knowledge, but in fact it buried it, first under a vast sewer of ignorance, laziness, bigotry, superstition and filth and then beneath the cloak of political surveillance. Now..cyberspace exists exclusively to promote commerce, gossip and pornography. And of course...
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Ben Elton
Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.
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Jim Butcher
More Quotes By Ben Elton
This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.
Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it.
You didn't wake up, your dreams just changed gear.
People in that crowd want to make poverty history, but NOT if they have to pay for it themselves
The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.
