“Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?”

—  Stanisław Jerzy Lec , book Unkempt Thoughts

Czy jeżeli ludożerca je widelcem i nożem to postęp?
This inspired the title for Cannibals with Forks : The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business (1998) by John Elkington
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

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Czy jeżeli ludożerca je widelcem i nożem to postęp?

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Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

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