We are in the position of the man who has only two ambitions in life. One is to invent the universal solvent which will dissolve any solid substance, and the second is to invent the universal container which will hold any liquid. Whatever this inventor does, he will be frustrated.


VII. Communication, Secrecy, and Social Policy. p. 129 - The Human Use of Human Beings (1950)

Norbert Wiener Quotes

We are in the position of the man who has only two ambitions in life. One is to invent the universal solvent which will dissolve any solid substance, ...

We are in the position of the man who has only two ambitions in life. One is to invent the universal solvent which will dissolve any solid substance, ...

We are in the position of the man who has only two ambitions in life. One is to invent the universal solvent which will dissolve any solid substance, ...

We are in the position of the man who has only two ambitions in life. One is to invent the universal solvent which will dissolve any solid substance, ...