John Dewey: “He plays with them like a child, and whether they work harm or good is…”

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He plays with them like a child, and whether they work harm or good is largely a matter of accident.

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John Dewey

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This quote reflects Dewey's view on the unpredictable consequences of human actions with technology.

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Vision is a spectator; hearing is a participator.

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

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

We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.

John Dewey: “He plays with them like a child, and whether they work harm or good is largely a matter of accident.”