“Mechanical instruments, potentially a vehicle of rational human purposes, are scarcely a blessing when they enable the gossip of the village idiot and the deeds of the thug to be broadcast to a million people each day.” PeopleHumansPurposeMillionsBlessingInstrumentsDeedsRationalIdiotEach DayGossipVillageVehicleThugVillage Idiots Book:Technics and Civilization Source: Technics and Civilization