“The same technology transforming our lives can solve the greatest problem of the 20th century. A security shield can one day render nuclear weapons obsolete and free mankind from the prison of nuclear terror. America met one historic challenge and went to the Moon. Now America must meet another: to make our strategic defense real for all the citizens of planet Earth.” RealProblemEarthAmericaChallengesTechnologyOur LivesMankindCenturySecurityPlanetsCitizensMetsOne DayMoonWeaponsPrisonTerrorSolveDefenseNuclearNuclear Weapons20th CenturyHistoricTransformingShieldsStrategicObsoletePlanet Earth Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986
“To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century. If school is preparation for the real world - a real world that is increasingly technology-driven - then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.” IfsWorldTryingMadeRealSchoolLastsTeachTechnologyProgressCenturyDrivenPreparationReal WorldObsolete Author:Adora Svitak
“The effort of painting from life has cost my models a great deal of physical discomfort, and cost me a great deal of money in model fees... I have wanted to make the camera obsolete... because, in my reading about early 20th century art, I found that the most frequently used argument made in favor of abstraction was that the camera made realist painting obsolete.” ArtMadeWantedUsedReadingFoundDealsEffortCenturyPaintingCostPhotographyModelsArgumentCamerasFavors20th CenturyAbstractionDiscomfortObsoleteRealistFees Author:Philip Pearlstein
“In the century that has just passed, many of the intellectual elite went mad. It was as if, with the death of God, everyone suddenly turned into a saviour who wanted either to annihilate the obsolete world order or to establish a utopia. Naturally, there were writers among those who went mad. The fact that they had knowledge did not exempt intellectuals: there is madness everywhere. When one loses control over one's self, the result is madness.” IfsWorldSelfFactsWantedOrderLosesResultsCenturyIntellectualMadnessMadElitesUtopiaSaviourObsoleteWorld Order Author:Gao Xingjian
“It’s foolish to talk of an “Asian century” or an “emerging market century” because events move at a pace that renders this degree of durability obsolete.” MovingCenturyEventsDegreesFoolishPaceAsianEmergingObsoleteDurabilityEmerging Markets Author:Ian Bremmer