We attempt to gain credit by disguising or concealing control. The television speaker uses a prompter which is out of sight, and the lecturer glances only surreptitiously at his notes, and both then appear to be speaking either from memory or extemporaneously, when they are in fact —and less commendably—reading. (p. 49)
Beyond Freedom and Dignity. Chapter 3: Dignity. Quote 9
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