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John Dewey: When the machine age has thus perfected its machinery it will be a means of life and not its despotic master.

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When the machine age has thus perfected its machinery it will be a means of life and not its despotic master.
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John Dewey

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Dewey envisions a future where technology serves humanity rather than dominating it.

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