‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’
Arthur C. Clarke 1917 – 2008
Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’
‘Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.’
Arthur C. Clarke 1917 – 2008
Arthur C. Clarke, in full Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, (born 1917, Minehead, Somerset, England – died 2008 ). English writer, notable for both his science fiction and his nonfiction. His best known works are the script he wrote with American film director Stanley Kubrick for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and the novel of that film.