Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from molasses.
-- Unknown
Oh, that's a good one.
For real value, it depends of course on familiarity with the quote by Arthur C Clarke: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
... Which of course hints that like a camera or a lighter will seem like magic to any person who has lived only in a pre-industrial society, so would it seem like magic to us if we saw technology from a much more technologically advanced race, or the future (given that trends continue).
Update: TTL said:
Any sufficiently coarse form of magick is indistinguishable from technology.
Society is becoming less technology centric and more magickal.
For example, instead of upgrading one's computer all the time, people will keep a wingmac:
Woa. I haven't heard of Evan Ferrante before, but he's just spooky as Tom Cruise. Goldurnit.
Not so sure about that. I think it is more to do with the concept or idea of technology. If we could see things from the future or elsewhere, we may not understand them but we will understand that they are a product of technology.
ReplyDeleteFor people who do not understand the concept of technology or who have never lived with the idea of technology, it may well be magic. That is to say they could not conceive of what could produce such things.
Regards
Steve
Any sufficiently coarse form of magick is indistinguishable from technology.
ReplyDeleteSociety is becoming less technology centric and more magickal.
For example, instead of upgrading one's computer all the time, people will keep a wingmac.
Any sufficiently coarse form of magick is indistinguishable from technology.
ReplyDeleteLame, even for you.
Lame, even for you.
ReplyDeleteI know. But I needed some glue to bridge the gap in order to be able to post a Tom video as a comment to Eo's post about molasses.
I try to come up with better glue next time.
[...] but he's just spooky as Tom Cruise. Goldurnit.
ReplyDeleteTom is spooky? What do you mean?
To LRH!
I thought the magick line was good.
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