Quotation by

Frank Lloyd Wright

If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.

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Frank Lloyd Wright is warning that if people rely too much on technology, especially devices operated by pressing buttons, they will lose physical strength and skill in all parts of their bodies except the finger used to push those buttons. This suggests a future where human activity becomes extremely limited and passive due to overdependence on machines.

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