"In this electronic age we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness."

Age, Being, Consciousness, Information

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"In this electronic age we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness."

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"The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided too."

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"For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day."

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"Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age."

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