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To: BushCountry

I agree with your premise, but the quote is from Arthur C.Clarke. Asimov would have been proud to come up with it first.


60 posted on 10/24/2022 4:11:19 PM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: jmcenanly

Sorry. SciFi authors changed my life, I should have remembered better. I saw Ray Bradbury at a teacher conference in the 90s on the dangers of technology and teaching children (he could not be more profound). What a great speaker. He foresaw their reliance on technology and how much harm it would cause.

This quote was the most life-changing for a young teenager. I changed careers at least 10 times (cable splicer, avionics, robotics, writer, photographer, web designer, information technology, teacher, laser systems, etc...) because of it. When I got bored I moved on.

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein


72 posted on 10/24/2022 6:40:00 PM PDT by BushCountry (A properly cast vote (1 day voting) can save you $3.00 a gallon.)
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