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Quote by Samuel Florman

“... man cannot help but transcend himself as soon as he begins to design and construct.”

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Samuel Florman is an American author known for his critical reflections on modern urban life. His works often explore the relationship between technology, urban planning, and human behavior. more

“All about us the sense of disenchantment with technology appears to be growing. No one ... can ignore the fall of the engineer from the dizzying heights he once occupied... . with the coming of the environmental crisis, our relationship to society has changed. We cannot ... pretend that ... a hundred space spectaculars can restore things to what they were.”

Fall Space Technology Growing Changed Hundred Crisis Environmental Height Our Relationship Engineers Disenchantment Environmental Crisis

Author:Samuel Florman

“There is scarcely a technical issue for which you cannot find expert witnesses of differing opinions.”

Opinion Technology Issues Witness Experts

Author:Samuel Florman

“We all have ambivalent feelings toward work ... We try to avoid it, and yet we seem to require it for our emotional well-being.”

Trying Wells Feelings Seems Work Emotional Well Being Ambivalent Emotional Well Being Ambivalent Feelings

Author:Samuel Florman

“The contemporary hero, the mythical pattern in the imitation of whom we would live, remains as yet undefined. We have no hero; what is more to the point, we suspect hero worship.”

Hero Worship Remains Patterns Contemporary Suspects Heroism Imitation Hero Worship Undefined

Author:Irwin Edman

“The outlook for our country lies in the quality of its idleness.”

Country Lying Quality Our Country Outlook Idleness

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“Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to be damned for rudeness than to be snickered at for courtesy.”

Kind Children Found Parent Smart Be Kind Courtesy Rudeness

Author:Irwin Edman

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