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By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations have ever fathomed.

Source: The Conduct of Life, The Challenge of Renewal, 1951.
-- Lewis Mumford, (Oct 19 1895-1990), US urban planner, historian; He analyzed the effects of technology and urbanization on human societies throughout history.

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