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Albert_Einstein
Magnificent Applied Science
“Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness? The simple answer runs: Because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it. In war it serves that we may poison and mutilate each other. In peace it has made our lives hurried and uncertain. Instead of freeing us in great measure from spiritually exhausting labor, it has made men into slaves of machinery, who for the most part complete their monotonous long day's work with disgust and must continually tremble for their poor rations... It is not enough that you should understand about applied science in order that your work may increase man's blessings. Concern for the man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavours; concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and the distribution of goods in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.”
- Source: Albert Einstein [Speaker];
- 1950-02-16 [Speech/Date]; California Institute of Technology [Location]; CalTech students [Audience];
- 1950-02-17 [Reporting/Article/Date]; “Einstein Sees Lack in Applying Science” [Title]; Anonymous [Article/Author]; New York Times [Reporting/Newspaper]; 8 [Page];
- Keywords: Science_quotes Happiness_quotes War_quotes Wisdom_quotes Peace_quotes Work_quotes Slavery_quotes Automation_quotes Ethics_quotes Values_quotes Empathy_quotes Labor_quotes Distribution_quotes Mind_quotes Humanity_quotes Mathematics_quotes Engineering_quotes Magnificent_quotes Applied_quotes Save_quotes Life_quotes Simple_quotes Answer_quotes Learn_quotes Sensible_quotes Poison_quotes Mutilate_quotes Hurry_quotes Uncertain_quotes Freedom_quotes Spiritual_quotes Exhausting_quotes Men_quotes Machinery_quotes Monotonous_quotes Long_quotes Day_quotes Disgust_quotes Continual_quotes Tremble_quotes Poor_quotes Rations_quotes Understand_quotes Increase_quotes Blessing_quotes Man_quotes Fate_quotes Chief_quotes Interest_quotes Technical_quotes Endeavour_quotes Concern_quotes Problem_quotes Unsolved_quotes Organization_quotes Creation_quotes Curse_quotes Mankind_quotes Forget_quotes Diagram_quotes Equation_quotes
William_S_Knudsen
Factory
“If you wanted to build a factory, the thing to do was to make a layout of your machinery, and the flow of material, and then build a building around it.”
- Source: Words spoken by William S. Knudsen as recorded in the book “Knudsen: A Biography” written by Norman Beasley. Published in 2017 by Papamoa Press. Originally published in 1947. Page 54. Online at https://www.google.com
/books /edition /Knudsen /OS5BDwAAQBAJ ?hl=en&gbpv=1 (retrieved 2024-05-19). Also recorded in the book “Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II”. Written by Arthur Herman. Published in 2012 by Random House, New York, NY. ISBN: 9780679604631 (ebook). Page 22.
- Keywords: Want_quotes Build_quotes Factory_quotes Do_quotes Layout_quotes Machinery_quotes Flow_quotes Material_quotes Building_quotes Around_quotes Planning_quotes
David_E_Nye
Farm Production Too Much
“The fundamental problem was that farmers produced too much, driving down prices. New technologies, such as tractors, trucks, harvesting equipment, and electrical machinery, made it possible for each farmer to raise more.”
- Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 3, page 45.
