Technology Quotes - Page 34

• Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion.

  Timothy Garton Ash

  Powerful, Military, War

  "New world disorder". www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2006.

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• I'm an enemy of what I call 'computer theology.' There's a class conflict out there. There's a techno-elite that lives in a different world.

  Walt Mossberg

  Class, Enemy, Different

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• Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. We sacrifice conversation for mere connection.

  Sherry Turkle

  Sacrifice, Caring, Connections

  "TED2012 live - day three from Long Beach". www.theguardian.com.

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• You can overcome wrong technology. Your people have the initiative, they see the problem, no big deal ... you can't overcome bad culture. You've gotta change whoever is in charge.

  James Mattis

  Military, People, Overcoming

  "4 Lessons Every Business Leader Can Learn From Legendary Marine General James 'Mad Dog' Mattis" by Paul Szoldra, www.businessinsider.com. July 18, 2014.

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• The patient must be at the center of this transition. Our largest struggle is not with the patient who takes their medication regularly, but with the patient who does not engage in their own care. Technology can be the driver that excites a patient with the prospect of wellness.

  Stephen Beck

  Struggle, Transition, Doe

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• When designers replaced the command line interface with the graphical user interface, billions of people who are not programmers could make use of computer technology.

  Howard Rheingold

  People, Lines, Use

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• But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and society.

  Vikram Sarabhai

  Meaningful, Real, Men

  "India in Space: Between Utility and Geopolitics". Book by Marco Aliberti, 2018.

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• Technology is us. There is no separation. It's a pure expression of human creative will. It doesn't exist anywhere else in the universe. I'm rather sure of that.

  David Cronenberg

  Expression, Creative, Separation

  "Controversial visionary David Cronenberg sees technology, mankind, sexuality merging in 'eXistenZ'". Interview with Rob Blackwelder, splicedwire.com. April 14, 1999.

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• Today, the forces of competition, technology, and globalization have converged to spur innovation and to transform the way business is done in the securities industry.

  Arthur Levitt Jr

  Innovation, Competition, Today

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• One of the missions of Google[x] is to use technology to get technology out of the way

  Astro Teller

  Google, Use, Way

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• We need to in this country begin again to raise civil discourse to another level. I mean, we shout and scream and yell and get very little accomplished, but you can disagree very much with the next guy and still be friends and acquaintances.

  Leah Ward Sears

  Country, Mean, Guy

  "Georgia High Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. August 2, 2005.

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• Laser technology has fulfilled our people's ancient dream of a blade so fine that the person it cuts remains standing and alive until he moves and cleaves. Until we move, none of us can be sure that we have not already been cut in half, or in many pieces, by a blade of light. It is safest to assume that our throats have already been slit, that the slightest alteration in our postures will cause the painless severance of our heads.

  Ben Lerner

  Dream, Moving, Cutting

  Ben Lerner (2016). “No Art: Poems”, p.114, Granta Books

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• There can be very little of present-day science and technology that is not dependent on complex numbers in one way or another.

  Keith Devlin

  Math, Numbers, Littles

  Keith J. Devlin (1988). “Mathematics: the new golden age”, Penguin Books

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• It’s a way of life to be always texting and when you looks at these texts it really is thoughts in formation. I do studies where I just sit for hours and hours at red lights watching people unable to tolerate being alone. Its as though being along has become a problem that needs to be solved and then technology presents itself as a solution to this problem…Being alone is not a problem that needs to be solved. The capacity for solitude is a very important human skill.

  Sherry Turkle

  Light, Skills, People

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• We are not as strong as technology's pull.

  Sherry Turkle

  Strong

  Sherry Turkle (2015). “Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age”, p.211, Penguin

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• Technology proposes itself as the architect of our intimacies.

  Sherry Turkle

  Intimacy, Architect, Propose

  Sherry Turkle (2011). “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other”, p.20, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The technologies that will be most successful will resonate with human behaviour instead of working against it. In fact, to solve the problems of delivering and assimilating new technology into the workplace, we must look to the way humans act and react. In the last 20 years, US industry has invested more than $1 trillion in technology, but has realised little improvement in the efficiency of its knowledge workers ­ and virtually none in their effectiveness. If we could solve the problems of the assimilation of new technology, the potential would be enormous.

  John Seely Brown

  Successful, Effectiveness, Years

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• What technology makes easy is not always what nurtures the human spirit.

  Sherry Turkle

  Spirit, Easy, Nurture

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• These days, insecure in our relationships and anxious about intimacy, we look to technology for ways to be in relationships and protect ourselves from them at the same time.

  Sherry Turkle

  Insecure, Looks, Way

  Sherry Turkle (2011). “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other”, p.12, Basic Books

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• Technology is a resource-liberating force!

  Peter Diamandis

  Resources, Force, Liberating

  "Invasion of the flying robots" by Richard Galant, www.cnn.com. March 04, 2012.

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• Spin Me Round was number one all over the world, everywhere. It changed the face of pop music, no question. We took technology further than Trevor Horn.

  Pete Waterman

  Numbers, Horny, World

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• It's a bit counter-intuitive to think about the future in terms of the past. But...I've learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight. Technologies, cultures, and climates may change, but our basic human needs and desires - to survive, to care for our families, and to lead happy, purposeful lives - remain the same.' p 5

  Jane McGonigal

  Thinking, Past, Practice

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• It turns out it takes 30 years for a new idea to seep into the culture. Technology does not drive change. It is our collective response to the options and opportunities presented by technology that drives change.

  Paul Saffo

  Opportunity, Years, Ideas

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• Education is the only business still debating the usefulness of technology.

  Rod Paige

  Stills, Usefulness

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• Don’t just think about the technology available today, but the technology that would be 10 times better in the future.

  Reshma Shetty

  Thinking, Would Be, Today

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