The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.
科学与技术的进步并不意味着大多数人生活中智识复杂度的增加。通常恰好相反。
无论是正确的还是错误的,经济学家和政治哲学家的思想都比通常理解的有力。确实,世界不受其他任何事物统治。自信不被知识分子影响的那些所谓务实的人,往往只是几个过时经济学家思想的奴隶。(Concluding Notes. p. 383-384)
真相是,我们都有自己的监狱,而钥匙总是在触手可及的地方。
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.