What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths.

Quote by J G Ballard

Topics: J G Ballard Quotes

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's...

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's...

The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer...

The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer...

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung...

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung...

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does...

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does...

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in...

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in...

A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of...

A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of...

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality....

Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality....

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This...

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This...

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.

Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.

Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it...

Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it...

The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men,...

The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men,...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...

It [the computer] is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom...

It [the computer] is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom...

I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people,...

I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people,...

To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more...

To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more...

Press the any key ... hmmm where's the any key?

Press the any key ... hmmm where's the any key?