Quotes about techno
technology use century
If we have learned anything at all in this century, it is that all new technologies will be put to use, sooner or later, for better or worse, as it is in our nature to do. Lewis Thomas
technology use information
Given any new technology for transmitting information, we seem bound to use it for great quantities of small talk. We are only saved by music from being overwhelmed by nonsense. Lewis Thomas
technology survival leisure
We need science, more and better science, not for its technology, not for leisure, not even for health or longevity, but for the hope of wisdom which our kind of culture must acquire for its survival. Lewis Thomas
technology extra-time long
We hanker to go on, even in the face of plain evidence that long, long lives are not necessarily pleasurable in the kind of society we have arranged thus far. We will be lucky if we can postpone the search for new technologies for a while, until we have discovered some satisfactory things to do with the extra time. Lewis Thomas
technology medicine giving
It is when physicians are bogged down by their incomplete technologies, by the innumerable things they are obliged to do in medicine when they lack a clear understanding of disease mechanisms, that the deficiencies of the health-care system are most conspicuous. If I were a policy-maker, interested in saving money for health care over the long haul, I would regard it as an act of high prudence to give high priority to a lot more basic research in biologic science. Lewis Thomas
technology space would-be
Perhaps the safest thing to do at the outset, if technology permits, is to send music. This language may be the best we have for explaining what we are like to others in space, with least ambiguity. I would vote for Bach, all of Bach, streamed out into space, over and over again. We would be bragging of course, but it is surely excusable to put the best possible face on at the beginning of such an acquaintance. We can tell the harder truths later. Lewis Thomas
technology polar-express film
Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film. Leonard Maltin
technology clouds sap
Oracle's got 100+ enterprise applications live in the #cloud; today, SAP's got nothin' but SuccessFactors until 2020. Larry Ellison
technology brain information
The brain processes information using 100,000 times less energy than we do right now with this computer technology that we have. Kwabena Boahen
technology thinking growth
I don't think any of us can do much about the rapid growth of new technology. A new technology helps to fuel the economy, and any discussion of slowing its growth has to take account of economic consequences. However, it is possible for us to learn how to control our own uses of technology. Neil Postman
technology ideas age
Nothing could be more misleading than the idea that computer technology introduced the age of information. The printing press began that age, and we have not been free of it since. Neil Postman
technology technological-change ideas
Anyone who has studied the history of technology knows that technological change is always a Faustian bargain: Technology giveth and technology taketh away, and not always in equal measure. A new technology sometimes creates more than it destroys. Sometimes, it destroys more than it creates. But it is never one-sided. The invention of the printing press is an excellent example. Printing fostered the modern idea of individuality but it destroyed the medieval sense of community and social integration. Neil Postman
technology doe culture
It is inescapable that every culture must negotiate with technology, whether it does so intelligently or not. A bargain is struck in which technology giveth and technology taketh away. Neil Postman
technology inevitable unpredictable
The effects of technology are always unpredictable. But they are not always inevitable. Neil Postman
technology trying attention
I am not a Luddite. I am suspicious of technology. I am perfectly aware of its benefits, but I also try to pay attention to some of the negative effects. Neil Postman
technology use may
If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use technology rather than be used by it. Neil Postman
technology media people
[While] physically traveling someplace or experiencing someplace firsthand, physically versus - which is what a lot of young people do - the experience is mitigated through technology and through social media. Marco Brambilla
technology ideas way
I've always been interested with the idea of technology and the way technology affects our ability to communicate - our ability to have a rewarding experience with technology versus a kind of dehumanizing experience with technology. Marco Brambilla
technology empowering independence
Keep building and supporting new tools, technologies, and platforms to empower independence, interoperability, and web property ownership. Marco Arment
technology games people
Technology is permeating every single thing we do... And to the extent that we can better expose our young people to all the different ways that technology can be used, not just for video games or toys, we're planning for the future. Marc Morial
technology agency entrepreneur
Internet entrepreneurs are using technology at every level of their company - from a one-person agency to a small firm, the newest technological advances are interwoven throughout every aspect of Internet-based businesses. Marc Ostrofsky
technology process materials
I'm fascinated with materials, with processes, with technologies. Marc Newson
technology safety achievement
New standards for safety are now in place and Canada has helped provide tools and techniques that were needed. Technologies like these are innovative and represent great achievements for us. Marc Garneau
technology thinking years
I think that every technology company that's more than 20 years old will break up Marc Andreessen
technology media water
Technology is like water; it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just makes sense that a tremendous share of the resources you want to use - not only text or media but processing power too - will be located remotely. Marc Andreessen
technology years adoption
Any new technology tends to go through a 25-year adoption cycle Marc Andreessen
technology
You are cruising along, and then technology changes. You have to adapt. Marc Andreessen
technology thinking giving
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem. Thomas A. Edison
technology thinking might
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. Thomas A. Edison
technology dove emblems
The dove is my emblem. Thomas A. Edison
technology events massachusetts
My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sidney Altman
technology leader research
Postwar U.S. was the world's leader in science and technology. The investment in science research was staggering. Siddhartha Mukherjee
technology different use
You can use a lot of different technologies to create something that doesn't really have a lot of value. Shigeru Miyamoto