Contemporary Society Quotes - Page 2

• ... while in theory digital technology entails the flawless replication of data, its actual use in contemporary society is characterized by the loss of data, degradation, and noise; the noise which is even stronger than that of traditional photography.

  Lev Manovich

  Photography, Loss, Technology

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• It's really important that we not replicate what came before us, but we do something of our own, that's reflective of our own time, of contemporary society.

  Peter Clewes

  Important, Contemporary, Replicate

  "Architect Peter Clewes on the Château Laurier expansion". Interview with Shannon Proudfoot, www.macleans.ca. September 21, 2016.

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• The traditional churches are having to transition into new methodologies and new ways of reaching people and they are starting to understand that and looking for ways they can increase their relevance to the contemporary society.

  T. D. Jakes

  People, Church, Transition

  Source: thechurchladyblogs.com

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• I think a lot of the people who feel out of step with contemporary society or feel that they've been left back economically or feel disaffected and are drawn to the Republican Party, they are looking for a news source that will tell them something they would like to hear and then is reassuring, emotionally rewarding, and confirming. And affirming to them. So to deliver that product is pretty valuable. It's kind of like they're an insurgency and they're not getting what they need to hear from the mainstream.

  Sheldon Whitehouse

  Party, Thinking, People

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• The lust for affluence in contemporary society has become psychotic; it has completely lost touch with reality.

  Richard J. Foster

  Reality, Lust, Affluence

  Richard J. Foster (2010). “Freedom of Simplicity: Revised Edition: Finding Harmony in a Complex World”, p.3, Harper Collins

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