The Poverty of Historicism is a 1957 book by the philosopher Karl Popper, in which the author argues that the idea of historicism is dangerous and bankrupt.
The Poverty of Historicism (1957) Ch. 29 The Unity of Method
Context: If we are uncritical we shall always find what we want: we shall look for, and find, confirmations, and we shall look away from, and not see, whatever might be dangerous to our pet theories. In this way it is only too easy to obtain what appears to be overwhelming evidence in favor of a theory which, if approached critically, would have been refuted.
The Poverty of Historicism (1957) Ch. 22 The Unholy Alliance with Utopianism
All that technology may say about ends is whether they are compatible with each other or realizable.
The Poverty of Historicism (1957) Ch. 22 The Unholy Alliance with Utopianism
