<story><title>Albert Einstein in 1939 composed a message for the people of AD 6939</title><url>https://www.futilitycloset.com/2023/11/10/comment-8/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nonrandomstring</author><text>This is surely the strongest endorsement of education. Einstein nails
what Emma Goldman said, &amp;quot;The most violent element in society is
ignorance.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;There is such straightforward simplicity to his writing that it is
over-interpreted today. Chiefly, Einstein&amp;#x27;s writing is compassionate,
often comparable to Erich Fromm. Here we take him as an &amp;quot;elitist&amp;quot;
insulting &amp;quot;the masses&amp;quot;, who are by our definition today &amp;quot;poor&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;He often calls people idiots and is scathing about the uses to which
we put technology;&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  &amp;quot; I fear the day that technology will surpass our human
  interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.&amp;quot;

  &amp;quot;Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a
  pathological criminal&amp;quot;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
Albert Einstein would not survive for one moment in what we call
&amp;quot;Academia&amp;quot; today. One of my students once remarked that he&amp;#x27;d have been
a Ted Kaczynski, only he built bigger bombs.&lt;p&gt;Yet my favourite, which I&amp;#x27;d hope people of the 7th Millennium will
read and nod at:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  &amp;quot;In any conflict between humanity and technology, humanity will win.&amp;quot;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tmacam</author><text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    &amp;quot; I fear the day that technology will surpass our human
    interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.&amp;quot;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
While I loved this quote (because I aligns with my opinion), it doesn&amp;#x27;t look it is from Einstein. At least searching for it in google I&amp;#x27;ve found quite a few pages precisely debunking this attribution.</text></comment>
<story><title>Albert Einstein in 1939 composed a message for the people of AD 6939</title><url>https://www.futilitycloset.com/2023/11/10/comment-8/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nonrandomstring</author><text>This is surely the strongest endorsement of education. Einstein nails
what Emma Goldman said, &amp;quot;The most violent element in society is
ignorance.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;There is such straightforward simplicity to his writing that it is
over-interpreted today. Chiefly, Einstein&amp;#x27;s writing is compassionate,
often comparable to Erich Fromm. Here we take him as an &amp;quot;elitist&amp;quot;
insulting &amp;quot;the masses&amp;quot;, who are by our definition today &amp;quot;poor&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;He often calls people idiots and is scathing about the uses to which
we put technology;&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  &amp;quot; I fear the day that technology will surpass our human
  interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.&amp;quot;

  &amp;quot;Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a
  pathological criminal&amp;quot;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
Albert Einstein would not survive for one moment in what we call
&amp;quot;Academia&amp;quot; today. One of my students once remarked that he&amp;#x27;d have been
a Ted Kaczynski, only he built bigger bombs.&lt;p&gt;Yet my favourite, which I&amp;#x27;d hope people of the 7th Millennium will
read and nod at:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  &amp;quot;In any conflict between humanity and technology, humanity will win.&amp;quot;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>josu</author><text>&amp;gt;&amp;quot;In any conflict between humanity and technology, humanity will win.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;If humanity loses even once it&amp;#x27;s Game Over.</text></comment>