Quotes
* We move from more or less plausible but really arbitrary assumptions, to elegantly demonstrated but irrelevant conclusions.
* The role of humans as the most important factor of production is bound to diminish in the same way that the role of horses in agricultural production was first diminished and then eliminated by the introduction of tractors.
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