Quotes from The Futurological Congress — Stanisław Lem
1921–2006 Poland
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A smart machine will first consider which is more worth its while: to perform the given task or, instead, to figure some way out of it.
The Futurological Congress (1971)
Averroës, Kant, Socrates, Newton, Voltaire, could any of them have believed it possible that in the twentieth century the scourge of cities, the poisoner of lungs, the mass murderer and idol of millions would be a metal receptacle on wheels, and that people would actually prefer being crushed to death inside it during frantic weekend exoduses instead of staying, safe and sound, at home?
The Futurological Congress (1971)