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Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity.

Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity.

Thomas Sowell
Technology, Simplicity, Progress
Thomas Sowell (1996). “Knowledge And Decisions”, p.11, Basic Books

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.

Thomas Sowell
Mean, Technology, Opposites
Thomas Sowell (1996). “Knowledge And Decisions”, p.10, Basic Books

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology accepts blacks in the top ten percent of students, but at MIT this puts them in the bottom ten percent of the class.

Thomas Sowell
Technology, Class, Massachusetts

Even if her children or grandchildren are willing to spend their own money to keep grandma alive, when bureaucrats control the necessary technology or medication they may decide that it is not for sale.

Thomas Sowell
Children, Grandma, Technology

The growing complexity of science, technology, and organization does not imply either a growing knowledge or a growing need for knowledge in the general population. On the contrary, the increasingly complex processes tend to lead to increasingly simple and easily understood products. The genius of mass production is precisely in its making more products more accessible, both economically and intellectually to more people.

Thomas Sowell
Technology, Simple, Growing Knowledge

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