Quote of the day
Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years.
Ithiel de Sola Pool
Born: October 26, 1917
Died: 1984 (aged 66)
Bio: Ithiel de Sola Pool was a revolutionary figure in the field of social sciences. Pool led groundbreaking research on technology and its effects on society.
Known for:
- Technologies of Freedom (1983)
- Forecasting the Telephone (1983)
- Politics in wired nations
- Symbols of democracy (1952)







