"The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots."
-Erich Fromm
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"We all dream we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.“
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