Television has changed the American child from an irresistible force into an immovable object. - Laurence J. Peter

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Television has changed the American child from an irresistible force into an immovable object.

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About Laurence J. Peter

Laurence Johnston Peter (16 September 1919 – 12 January 1990) was a Canadian educator and management theorist, most famous for having formulated the Peter Principle.

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The computer may be incompetent in itself — that is, unable to do the work for which it was designed. This kind of incompetence can never be eliminated, because the Peter Principle applies in the plants where computers are designed and manufactured.
The Peter Principle · October 1, 1996 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance
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