"Interpersonal surveillance technologies have rendered us far more visible to each other and given people a sense of security and safety when it comes to protecting their homes and loved ones. But they have not helped rebuild the one thing that human beings need to live together in peace: trust."
"No one can read the book... and not realize that sluggishness, parasitical dependence upon others, slackness of taste, and similar defects of character cause more deficiencies of mind than do lacks which are distinctly intellectual in origin. If there are those fortunate enough not to need any of the author's counsels, I still urge them to read the book if only to make the acquaintance of an experienced and deeply wise personality."
—John Dewey