# Quote — John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider

> First we had the legs race. Then we had the arms race. Now we're going to have the brain race. And, if we're lucky, the final stage will be the human race.

- Author: [John Brunner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner.md)
- Book: [The Shockwave Rider](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/the-shockwave-rider.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/the-shockwave-rider/first-we-had

## More from this book

> The theory was and always had been: this is the thing the solid citizen has no need to worry about. Important, later all-important question: what about the hollow citizen?

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> If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.

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> It's not because my mind is made up that I don't want you to confuse me with any more facts. It's because my mind isn't made up. I already have more facts than I can cope with.

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