Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because …

Bertrand Russell
649 citations
Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery. ✨ Sceptical Essays (1928) Machines and Emotions
Politics
22

More Author Quotes

One must care about a world one will not see.
When you come to look into this argument from design, it is a most astonishing thing that people can believe that this world, with all the things that are in it, with all its defects, should be the b … ▶
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). Fact and Fiction, p.276, Routledge
To speak seriously: the standards of goodness which are generally recognized by public opinion are not those which are calculated to make the world a happier place. This is due to a variety of causes … ▶

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery. ✨ Sceptical Essays (1928) Machines and Emotions

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes