“Censorship does raise some very difficult problems, doesn’t it? I’ve always argued that there’s an inverse correlation between a country’s degree of… - Arthur C. Clarke

Science is the only religion of mankind.

There’s nothing left to struggle for, and there are too many distractions and entertainments. Do you realize that every day something like five hundred hours of radio and TV pour out over the various channels? If you went without sleep and did nothing else, you could follow less than a twentieth of the entertainment that’s available at the turn of a switch! No wonder that people are becoming passive sponges — absorbing but never creating. Did you know that the average viewing time per person is now three hours a day? Soon people won’t be living their own lives any more. It will be a full-time job keeping up with the various family serials on TV!

“The nature of life is struggle, doctor,” Brother Ishmael said.
Crane stopped walking and addressed the man. “And the nature of man is to try and rise above the struggle.”
“To deny God!” Ishmael persisted.
“To make a better world.”