Quote of the day by Isaac Asimov: "The saddest aspect of life right now is…"

Image(s): Left/Wikipedia/Right/Fandom Humanity has never had access to information on the scale available today. With a few taps, we can find scientific discoveries, historical records, news and opinions from almost anywhere in the world. Yet having more information does not necessarily mean becoming wiser about how to use it. Isaac Asimov captured this tension in the words, “The saddest aspect of life right now is that knowledge gathers faster than society gathers wisdom.” The quote points to a gap that becomes more noticeable as technology advances: our ability to discover and accumulate knowledge can move much faster than our ability to understand its consequences. We may learn how to create something long before we have decided whether we should, or understand what a technology can do without fully considering what it might do to society.Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was a Russian-born American writer, biochemist and one of the most influential science-fiction authors of the 20th century. Through his fiction and essays, he frequently explored the relationship between scientific progress, human behaviour, ethics and the future.Quote of the day by Isaac Asimov“The saddest aspect of li...