Carl Sagan

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.

We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.