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1 " Sociopath" was one of the most useful concepts that Miriam's Memetic Engineering Task Force had imported from the United States: Erasmus's Propaganda Ministry had been working overtime to raise awareness of it as an Anti-Democratic Problem: "People who think People are Things. "
― Charles Stross , Empire Games (Empire Games #1, Merchant Princes Universe #7)
2 " Technologies are not neutral: they come with attached agendas, with associated ways of thinking. Industrial revolutions are inherently political revolutions. "
3 " Revolutions (she'd long since learned) ran on committees just like any other government, once you got past the screaming-and-shooting stage. "
4 " I’m afraid we shall find evidence of treason: if not, look harder. "
5 " The iron law of bureaucracy dictates that most of the people in any large organization will, after a time, be more preoccupied with preserving their own jobs than with fulfilling the mission statement of the agency. "
