The Enlightenment philosophers thought that once reason and knowledge became widespread, humanity would make great progress. It could only be a question of time before irrationalism and ignorance would give way to an “enlightened” humanity... Today we no longer so convinced that all “developments” are to the good.
-Jostein Gaarder
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