Modernity Quotes

"We are morphing so fast that our ability to invent new things outpaces the rate we can civilize them." "The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding" "Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is knowledge we have lost in information?" "Where is the Life we have lost in living Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge Where is the knowledge we have lost in information" "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." "Time! The present! In these, I am almost inclined to believe. I am a skeptical mystic." "The critique of modernity has to recognize its ambiguous structure." "Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge." "Modern problems require modern solutions."