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Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards
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"Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards"

- Aldous Huxley

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This quote by Aldous Huxley recommends that despite the improvements in innovation, we are still reversing as a society. He implies that technology has actually not been utilized to enhance our lives, however instead has been utilized to make it much easier to do the exact same things we have constantly done. For example, innovation has made it easier to communicate with each other, however it has not necessarily enhanced the quality of our discussions. Innovation has also made it easier to access details, but it has actually not always enhanced our understanding of the world. In essence, Huxley is recommending that innovation has not been utilized to move us forward, however rather has been used to make it simpler to stay in the exact same location.

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Aldous Huxley This quote is written / told by Aldous Huxley between July 26, 1894 and November 22, 1963. He was a famous Novelist from England. The author also have 89 other quotes.

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