#logic

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

— Marshall McLuhan

#being #consciousness #electronic #extension #form

Innumerable confusions and a feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultural transition. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#cultural #despair #emerge #feeling #great

Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but as theological and literary enterprises requiring independent intellectual assessment. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#assessment #associated #derive #enterprises #extremists

Given that sexual orientation is innate and that we are all, in theological terms, children of God, to deny access to some sacraments based on sexuality is as wrong as denying access to some sacraments based on race or gender. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#based #children #deny #denying #gender

Social psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the psychological standpoint of individual experience. ↗

— George H. Mead

#experience #individual #phases #psychological #psychology

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#accidents #biological #fathers #necessities #social

I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#bad luck #ball #carry #caught #could

As in any technological revolution, there will be winners and losers. On balance, everyone will come out ahead, although there will be particular companies that will not be able to cope with a new environment. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#ahead #although #any #balance #come

I was trying to organise my DVDs into a sort of chronological order, and I am afraid that it all trailed off after the Sixties. ↗

— Paul Merton

#after #am #chronological #dvds #i

We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave society devoid of belief. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#corruption #country #court #devoid #establish