Sydney J. Harris Quotes
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
Sydney J. Harris, 1917-1986, Columnist, “Thoughts at Large,” Chicago Sun-Times
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Sydney J. Harris was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and, later, the Chicago Sun-Times. He wrote 11 books and his weekday column, “Strictly Personal,” was syndicated in approximately 200 newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.
