Gli imperatori si stancano del vecchio e cercano sempre il nuovo, come se il nuovo fosse in qualche modo migliore Fondazione Anno Zero - Isaac Asimov

And of those who were aware, there were dime classes. First, there were the many who knew little and were very confident.

What man does for his own desires and comforts affects the complex total-of-life, the ecology, and his short-term gains can bring long-term disadvantages. The Machines taught us to set up a human society which would minimize that, but the near-disaster of the early Twenty-first Century has left mankind suspicious of innovations.

Baley's lips twitched. He had guessed that in some ways robotic logic must fall short and he was convinced of it now. As the roboticist had said: Logical but not reasonable.