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The closest western civilization has come to unity since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 was the week the Sgt. Pepper album was released … for a brief while the irreparably fragmented consciousness of the West was unified, at least in the minds of the young.

Langdon Winner

Technologies are not merely aids to human activity, but also powerful forces acting to reshape that activity and its meaning.

Langdon Winner

In the technical realm, we repeatedly enter into a series of social contracts, the terms of which are revealed only after the signing.

Langdon Winner

Langdon Winner

Langdon Winner

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Born: August 7, 1944 (age 80)

Bio: Langdon Winner is Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

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