Everyone has been taught that technique is an application of science. . . . This traditional view is … - Jacques Ellul

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I enjoy the challenge of taking something which was not meant for the piano, distilling its essence and writing or improvising it for<br>at the piano, but having the listener forget that he or she is listening to a piano.

Jacques Ellul

Everyone has been taught that technique is an application of science. . . . This traditional view is radically false. It takes into account only a single category of science and only a short period of time

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(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth

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Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is called upon to solve problems created by technology, to play on maladjustments, and to integrate the individual into a technological world.

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There is one act par excellence which profanes money by going directly against the law of money, an act for which money is not made. That act is giving.

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The will of the world is always a will to death, a will to suicide. We must not accept this suicide, and we must so act that it cannot take place.

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The machine is a tool. But it is not a neutral tool. We are deeply influenced by the machine while using it.

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