John Dewey: “In most circles it is hard work to sustain conversation on a political theme; and once initiated, it is quickly…”

But the wingèd words of conversation in immediate intercourse have a vital import lacking in the fixed and frozen words of written speech.

Publication is partial and the public which results is partially informed and formed until the meanings it purveys pass from mouth to mouth.

Competition will continue, but it will be less rivalry for acquisition of material goods, and more an emulation of local groups to enrich direct experience with appreciatively enjoyed intellectual and artistic wealth.

If the technological age can provide mankind with a firm and general basis of material security, it will be absorbed in a humane age.