#Modern World
Quotes about modern-world
In the ever-evolving tapestry of the modern world, we find ourselves navigating a landscape defined by rapid technological advancements, cultural shifts, and unprecedented global connectivity. This tag, "modern-world," encapsulates the essence of contemporary life, where tradition meets innovation and the boundaries of possibility are constantly being redefined. People are drawn to quotes about the modern world because they offer a lens through which we can reflect on the complexities and wonders of our current era. These quotes often capture the spirit of change, the challenges of adaptation, and the beauty of progress, resonating with those who seek to understand and thrive in today's dynamic environment. In a world where information is abundant and time is fleeting, these snippets of wisdom provide clarity, inspiration, and a moment of pause to appreciate the intricate dance of modernity. Whether pondering the impact of technology on our daily lives or the shifting paradigms of society, quotes about the modern world invite us to engage with the present and envision the future with curiosity and hope.
Science and industry, and their progress, might turn out to be the most enduring thing in the modern world. Perhaps any speculation about a coming collapse of science and industry is, for the present and for a long time to come, nothing but a dream; perhaps science and industry, having caused infinite misery in the process, will unite the world - I mean condense it into a single unit, though one in which peace is the last thing that will find a home.
Maybe we should be looking at how we live, and how our minds weren't made for the lives we lead. Human brains- in terms of cognition and emotion and consciousness- are essentially the same as they were at the time of Shakespeare or Jesus or Cleopatra or the stone age.. Maybe instead of worrying about upgrading technology and slowly allowing ourselves to be cyborgs we should have a little peek at how we could upgrade our ability to cope with all this change.
there has never been such a plethora of advice on looking good. We are constantly bombarded with diet books,.. and there are ever more digital apps and filters to enhance what the products can't.
a muslim man carries out a mass shooting...and he's called a terrorist, a white man does exactly the same thing and he's called a madman both sets are mad, Yazz I know, Warris I know -p58, from Girl, Woman, Other
The differentiations of the modern world have the same structure as tourist attractions: elements dislodged from their original natural, historical and cultural contexts fit together with other such displaced or modernized things and people. The differentiations are the attractions
We cannot understand the modern age without understanding the dynamic history of Protestant Christianity.
[S]tart at the turn of the last century, in 1901, with the celebration of Detroit’s bicentennial. That was the Detroit that came before--before all the racket that attended the making of the modern world, which happened here first and faster than anywhere else on this planet.
He went down again into the darkness and seclusion of the wood. But he knew that the seclusion of the wood was illusory. The industrial noises broke the solitude, the sharp lights, though unseen, mocked it. A man could no longer be private and withdrawn. The world allows no hermits.
It's next to impossible to slip off the radar in today's world. Sometimes the world comes looking for you all guns blazing, and it's difficult to escape its crosshairs.
The modern world seems to have no notion of preserving different things side by side, of allowing its proper and proportionate place to each, of saving the whole varied heritage of culture. It has no notion except that of simplifying something by destroying nearly everything.