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Old 04-01-2011, 11:18 AM   #1453
FlorenceArt
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.....[W]e are increasing the sophistication of deception faster than the technology of verification.
color="#F6F6F6"]..........[/color]— Alvin Toffler (1928 - ), American writer, futurist. The Futurists (1972). Quoted in The Great Thoughts by George Seldes (1985, Introduction and a new compilation © 1996 by David Laskin).


.....The consequence of that is the end of truth. The dark side of the information technology explosion is that it will breed a population that believes nothing and, perhaps even more dangerous, a population ready to believe only one "truth" fanatically and willing to kill for it.
..........Ibid.
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So true, unfortunately...
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