The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms, p.40, Random House
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