The quote’s from Mostly Harmless, the fifth book in the Hitchhikers Trilogy. Buy here, read online here.
“All mechanical or electrical or quantum-mechanical or hydraulic or even wind, steam or piston-driven devices, are now required to have a certain legend emblazoned on them somewhere. It doesn’t matter how small the object is, the designers of the object have got to find a way of squeezing the legend in somewhere, because it is their attention which is being drawn to it rather than necessarily that of the user’s.”
Considering the source, I was surprised and a little disturbed when I noticed this legend didn’t seem to be well known in the Singularitarian community.
Here’s some context...
The quote’s from Mostly Harmless, the fifth book in the Hitchhikers Trilogy. Buy here, read online here.
“All mechanical or electrical or quantum-mechanical or hydraulic or even wind, steam or piston-driven devices, are now required to have a certain legend emblazoned on them somewhere. It doesn’t matter how small the object is, the designers of the object have got to find a way of squeezing the legend in somewhere, because it is their attention which is being drawn to it rather than necessarily that of the user’s.”
Considering the source, I was surprised and a little disturbed when I noticed this legend didn’t seem to be well known in the Singularitarian community.