“One of the great inventions of the twentieth century was the studied, methodical engineering of myth for political ends.” EndsPoliticalCenturyMythInventionEngineeringTwentieth CenturyMethodicalGreat Inventions Book:More joy than rage: crossing generations with the new feminism Source: More joy than rage: crossing generations with the new feminism
“By the end of the Twentieth Century, taxation will be reduced to a minimum, the entire world will be open to trade, and there will be no need of a standing army.” WorldNeedsEndsCenturyStandingArmyTradeMinimumTaxationTwentieth Century Author:Erastus Wiman
“The tall building, concentrating man in one place more densely than ever before, similarly concentrates the dilemma of our public architecture at the end of the twentieth century: whether the new forms made possible by technology are doomed by the low calculations of modern patrons and their architects.” MenMadeEndsFormTechnologyModernCenturyBuildingLowsArchitectureTallArchitectDoomedTwentieth CenturyDilemmaCalculationsConcentratingPatronTall Buildings Author:Martin Filler