Quotes by Technology Technology is very seductive, and it is certainly changing the way things are designed and made and taught. The problem is when technology has seduced you away from thinking about things as deeply as you should. Arthur Ganson seductivetechnologythinking Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his jealousy will still blind him to the evidence. Let Oedipus triumph over gravity; he won't triumph over his fate. Arthur Koestler fatetechnologylying Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky. Arthur Koestler technologysciencereality 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 innovationcompetitiontechnology We should never lose sight of the underlying essence of a market-a place where buyers and sellers come together. Every other feature-whether crafted by tradition or technology-exists only to serve that primary purpose. Arthur Levitt Jr technologybusinesssight Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. technologymemoriesscience There is unquestionably a contradiction between an efficient technological machine and the flowering of human nature, of the human personality. Arthur Miller machinestechnologypersonality They tried to escape technology, to stay away from that and still have relationships with their fellow humans. Very difficult. Arthur Miller difficulttechnologyhumans Before the Internet, if someone disappeared, it meant you should go looking for them. Now it means they got a life. Ashish Chauhan technologywittymean My computer must be broken: whenever I ask a wrong question, it gives a wrong answer. Ashleigh Brilliant technologybrokengiving One good thing about my computer: it never asks why. Ashleigh Brilliant computertechnologyscience I really think that technology has the greatest potential to accelerate happiness of most things in the world. The companies that will ultimately do well are the companies that chase happiness. If you find a way to help people find love, or health or friendship, the dollar will chase that. Ashton Kutcher technologypeoplethinking The film industry brings people together, and so does technology. I see them as similar platforms. Ashton Kutcher technologytogetherpeople I wouldn't say you have an online life and a real life. I think technology is just mapping and organizing what already exists. Ashton Kutcher technologyrealthinking I really think that technology has the greatest potential to accelerate happiness of most things in the world Ashton Kutcher technologyworldthinking The bigger thing with bitcoin is not bitcoin itself, but what does that decentralized technology really do? Ashton Kutcher bitcointechnologydoe Technology and television didn't dictate one path or the other - it was civil society and public policy intervening in creating alternative funding models. So I think that's one of the questions for our time: do we want to intervene in this model or completely acquiesce and leave it to the unfettered, not-actually-that-free market? Neither path is inevitable. Astra Taylor creatingtechnologythinking One connection I see between the work I did on philosophy and my work on technology is that both communities tend to mystify and create an atmosphere of complexity. Astra Taylor technologycommunityphilosophy Technology isn't simply addictive - it's addictive because it's a servant to business incentives. There are huge departments in these companies that are devoted to this and staffed by incredibly talented people who have skills that could be put to socially beneficial projects but who are now trying to find out how to make you click and how to maximize your time on a certain site, or encourage teenagers to "friend" more products and constantly engage with them. Astra Taylor teenagertechnologyskills All this stuff - about the materiality of the network, what it's made of, and how it works - should be part of a basic media literacy, because we depend on this technology for more and more aspects of our day-to-day lives. Astra Taylor mediatechnologystuff«1112131415161718192021»
