“There will be little drudgery in this better ordered world. Natural power harnessed in machines will be the general drudge. What drudgery is inevitable will be done as a service and duty for a few years or months out of each life; it will not consume nor degrade the whole life of anyone.” WorldYearsLittlesDoneWholeNaturalWorkDutyMonthsMachinesWhole LifeInevitableDegradeDrudgery Book:The Outline of History Source: The Outline of History
“It is the duty of machines and those who design them to understand people. It is not our duty to understand the arbitrary, meaningless dictates of machines.” PeopleDesignDutyMachinesMeaninglessArbitrary Book:The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition Source: The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
“If we are to become the masters of science, not its slaves, we must learn to use its immense power to good purpose. The machine itself has neither mind nor soul nor moral sense. Only man has been endowed with these godlike attributes. Every age has its destined duty. Ours is to nurture an awareness of those divine attributes and a sense of responsibility in giving them expression.” IfsMenGivingMindHas BeensSoulUseAgeSciencePurposeResponsibilityMoralAwarenessDivineExpressionMastersDutyMachinesSlaveAttributesImmenseNurtureDestinedSense Of ResponsibilityGodlike Author:David Sarnoff
“There are bills to be paid, machines to keep in repair, Irregular verbs to learn, the Time Being to redeem From insignificance.” ResponsibilityDutyMachinesPaidBillsVerbsInsignificanceIrregular Verbs Author:W. H. Auden
“If all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would have to be at least one person outside the machine to give the necessary orders; if the machine absorbed or eliminated all those outside the machine, the machine will slow down and stop forever.” IfsGivingPersonsOrderIndividualForeverDutyMachinesPerformancesDown AndEfficiencySlow Down Author:William S. Burroughs
“Americans love to pick up, move on, start over. But instead of being somebody fresh and new, they become somebody lonely and lost, or, far too often these days, they become nobody at all, a machine for satisfying hunger, without loyalty or honor or duty.” MovingLostDutyHonorPicksLonelyMachinesHungerLoyaltyThese DaysSatisfyingStarting Over Book:Enchantment Source: Enchantment