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Ithiel de Sola Pool Quotes

1917–1984 United States

Ithiel de Sola Pool (October 26, 1917 – March 11, 1984) was a pioneer in the development of social science.

United States
Sociologists

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The Telephone will democratize hierarchic relations.

Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment (1983)

To talk to others who are unseen and far away is an experience which, before the telephone, occurred only in mythology. Gods, devils, and angels talked from the sky across the world, but not mere mortals.

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