“It is probable that the future will be more limited by the slow evolution of the human animal and the corresponding human laws, social institutions, and organizations than it will be by the rapid evolution of technology.”

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (1991)

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American mathematician and information theorist 1915–1998

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