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Laurie Anderson Is Quoting Me

Laurie Anderson includes a quote from an unnamed cryptologist on her new album and in interviews, stating, "If you think technology will solve your problems, you don’t understand technology and you don’t understand your problems." Anderson expresses full agreement with this sentiment.

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Not by name, but Laurie Anderson quotes me in one of the tracks of her new album: My favorite quote is from a cryptologist who said “If you think technology will solve your problems, you don’t understand technology and you don’t understand your problems.” Also in interviews: “Of course, it’s ridiculous, outrageous, blah, blah, blah,” Anderson says about the ad. ‘But, I mean, my favorite quote on this is from a cryptologist who said, ‘If you think technology will solve your problems, you don’t understand technology and you don’t understand your problems.’ And I think I’m completely on board with that.”...

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