Clive Lawrence’s interview profile quotes Isaac Asimov saying these exact words in the Daily Pilot, 13 April 1974, page 23. We downloaded and visually inspected that newspaper page; Wikiquote’s disputed Clarke entry also notes the competing Asimov credit. This establishes Asimov’s documented use, not the first-ever utterance.
“Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society” — Isaac Asimov, quoted in Clive Lawrence’s Daily Pilot interview, 13 April 1974, p. 23; documented use, not a first-origin claim.
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Provenance
The source
Source
Clive Lawrence, The Fastest Typewriter
Publication
Daily Pilot, 13 April 1974, p. 23
Speaker
Isaac Asimov
Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society
The sentence is quoted directly in a contemporary interview profile; the surrounding interview is not reproduced.
Clive Lawrence’s interview profile quotes Isaac Asimov saying these exact words in the Daily Pilot, 13 April 1974, page 23. We downloaded and visually inspected that newspaper page; Wikiquote’s disputed Clarke entry also notes the competing Asimov credit. This establishes Asimov’s documented use, not the first-ever utterance. Read the newspaper scan ↗
The Clarke entry records the conflicting attribution. Wikiquote ↗
The identified interview appeared in 1974. Only the short quoted sentence is reproduced for attribution and criticism.
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Incorrectly attributed to Arthur C. Clarke Misattributed
Clive Lawrence’s interview profile quotes Isaac Asimov saying these exact words in the Daily Pilot, 13 April 1974, page 23. We downloaded and visually inspected that newspaper page; Wikiquote’s disputed Clarke entry also notes the competing Asimov credit. This establishes Asimov’s documented use, not the first-ever utterance. Newspaper evidence ↗
Isaac Asimov wrote science fiction and popular science. This interview records his concern about the survival of technological society.
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The evidence consulted
Lawrence, Clive. “The Fastest Typewriter: Scientist Asimov Has Cranked Out 150 Books.” Christian Science Monitor Service, Daily Pilot, April 13, 1974, 23.
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