problems arising with technology

"problems of great complexity arise from the impact of new technologies upon a society whose organization and habits of thought are adapted to an older system"
--Bertrand Russell

Reason is a Regulator

"Reason is not a cause of action but only a regulator."
-Bertrand Russell

Order and Progress

"Love as a principle and order as the basis; progress as the goal"
--Comte
reflected as 'Ordem e Progresso' on the Brazilian flag...

variation

Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about the grapes.

--Paracelsus

Poison

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.

--Paracelsus