“I'm not afraid of computers taking over the world. They're just sitting there. I can hit them with a two by four.”

— Thom Yorke

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English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter 1968

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“The thing that worries me about the computer age is the fact that people know so much about you. It's an incredible invasion of privacy. And no matter where you are in the world people can monitor you if you're using your credit card. I heard this weird rumor on the Internet about how the military is funding this great big research project and basically, they believe that in the future, the balance of power won't be determined by who has the most nuclear weapons, but by who has all the information. I'm not afraid of being taken over by computers though, because the thing is, computers cannot resist. You can always smash 'em up, and they're totally defenseless. All we need are more people with hammers.”

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“I'm not afraid of computers taking over the world. They're just sitting there. I can hit them with a two by four.”

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