哈蒙德解释说，马尔科姆博士是一个有力的人。马尔科姆（Malcolm）兴高采烈地说道。但是您必须承认，这些是非平凡的问题。我们生活在一个可怕的吉文斯的世界中。鉴于您会关心这一点，因此您将以这种方式行事。没有人想到吉文斯。这不是很棒吗？在信息社会中，没有人想到。我们期望放逐纸，但实际上我们驱逐了思想。
(Dr. Malcolm, Hammond explained, is a man of strong opinions. And mad as a hatter, Malcolm said cheerfully. But you must admit, these are nontrivial issues. We live in a world of frightful givens. It is given that you will behave like this, given that you will care about that. No one thinks about the givens. Isn't it amazing? In the information society, nobody thinks. We expected to banish paper, but we actually banished thought.)