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“Technology is both a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is the paradox of our times which we're compelled to face.”

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Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert, born on October 8, 1920, was an influential science fiction author from the United States. His masterpiece 'Dune' is considered a classic in the science fiction genre and has had a profound impact on literature and society. more

“We sift reality through screens composed of ideas . (And such ideas have their roots in older ideas.) Such idea systems are necessarily limited by language , by the ways we can describe them. That is to say: language cuts the grooves in which our thoughts move. If we seek new validity forms (other laws and other orders) we must step outside language.”

Ifs Way Ideas Reality Moving Form Law Order Language Steps Cutting Roots Screens Our Thoughts Validity Groove

Author:Frank Herbert

“Learning a language represents training in the delusions of that language.”

Language Training Delusion Learning Language

Author:Frank Herbert

“Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking.”

Thinking Destiny Support Argument Manifest Providence Wishful Thinking Synonym Manifest Destiny

Author:Frank Herbert

“That is one of the Law's purposes, of course: to test the qualities of those who choose to employ it.”

Law Purpose Courses Quality Tests

Book:The Dosadi Experiment

Source: The Dosadi Experiment

“Does a population have informed consent when a ruling minority acts in secret to ignite a war, doing this to justify the existence of the minority's forces? ... Failure to provide full information for informed consent on such an issue represents an ultimate crime.”

Doe War Force Secret Existence Issues Crime Information Ultimate Population Minorities Justify Consent Ruling Ignite Informed Consent

Author:Frank Herbert

“Does a population have informed consent when that population is not taught the inner workings of its monetary system, and then is drawn, all unknowing, into economic adventures?”

Doe Economic Taught Adventure Population Consent Monetary Monetary System Unknowing Informed Consent

Book:The Dosadi Experiment

Source: The Dosadi Experiment

“Governments always commit their entire populations when the demands grow heavy enough. By their passive acceptance, these populations become accessories to whatever is done in their name.”

Done Enough Government Names Grows Acceptance Demand Population Heavy Commit Passive Accessories

Author:Frank Herbert

“Certainly there are spots which inevitably attach to themselves an atmosphere of holiness and goodness; it might not then be too fanciful to say that some houses are born bad.”

Might House Born Goodness Spots Atmosphere Holiness

Book:The Haunting of Hill House

Source: The Haunting of Hill House

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