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“It’s okay to be a responsible member of society if only you know what you’re going to be held responsible for.”

John Brunner book The Jagged Orbit

Source: The Jagged Orbit (1969), Chapter 34 (p. 100; chapter title)

“If “media” is the plural of “medium” the question is: how many of them are fraudulent?”

John Brunner book The Jagged Orbit

Source: The Jagged Orbit (1969), Chapter 17 (p. 57; chapter title)

Question

“It was a great image, especially for areas where there was strong Muslim influence and the concomitant view prevailed that women had no souls.”

John Brunner book The Jagged Orbit

Source: The Jagged Orbit (1969), Chapter 15 (p. 49)

Soul , Strong , Women

“It’s common platitude that knowledge is neutral but every now and then it would be useful if it were on your side rather than theirs.”

John Brunner book The Jagged Orbit

Source: The Jagged Orbit (1969), Chapter 15 (p. 49; chapter title)

Knowledge

“What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don’t know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.”

John Brunner book The Jagged Orbit

Source: The Jagged Orbit (1969), Chapter 6, “The Where It’s At and the Whyfore It Should Be There” (p. 26)

People , Way

“Western culture is undergoing a process of transition from guilt-oriented, with a conscience, to shame-oriented, with a morbid fear of being found out.”

John Brunner book The Jagged Orbit

Source: The Jagged Orbit (1969), Chapter 3, “Spoolpigeon” (p. 10)

Fear

“So what shape was the world in this morning? Even flatter than yesterday.”

John Brunner book The Jagged Orbit

Source: The Jagged Orbit (1969), Chapter 3, “Spoolpigeon” (p. 9)

World