Quotes by Technology Technology is nothing but an expression of human values. It's not neutral, it's not about efficiency, it's about people's values and their knowledge. Ramesh Srinivasan human-valuesefficiencytechnology New technology lets you grow the resource pie, which is the only way you can get out between that pincer of rising consumption (as we end poverty) and environmental and natural resource depletion. Ramez Naam environmentalpietechnology When I was in graduate school at MIT I was trying to think about how to develop software and systems for farmers and villagers in India. In the process of doing that, I realized that my reference point was internal to the laboratory, rather than in the communities that I was wanting to serve. I realized that I could no longer assume what a good technology looks like from inside the laboratory; instead, I had to be in the world with people. Not just designing for them but with them. Ramesh Srinivasan technologyschoolthinking You have to be willing to spend an awful lot in that R&D phase before you see the benefits. When you look at the companies that have really won customers over in technology - say, Apple and Google - you find that they spend billions of dollars on R&D each year, often spending that much on a product before they ever make a dime back in profits. Ramez Naam applestechnologyyears Technology is incredibly powerful. And in many ways, the sky is the limit in terms of what you can actually accomplish with the right science and the right technology. Ramez Naam technologypowerfulsky Often we need to use policy to level the playing field, or to be sure that a technology is managed in a responsible way. Ramez Naam technologyfieldsway Unfortunately, in the environment, I don't see as much willingness to invest heavily in R&D as I do in consumer technology. And that's a pity. Ramez Naam pityenvironmenttechnology We're so lucky to be living in this day and age when technology - the tools to tell our stories - is so accessible. However, content still reigns supreme. So find your voice, your unique voice, it's there inside of you. Find it, define it, write it down on paper, hone it, and clarify it. Everything else is just technology which will help you tell your story. Ramona S. Diaz technologyuniquewriting The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of design, or problem-solving ability. Randall E. Stross creativitytechnologyorder In battle, combatants engaged in war against America get no due process and may lawfully be killed. But citizens not in a battlefield - however despicable - are guaranteed a trial by our Constitution. No one argues that Americans who commit treason shouldn't be punished. The maximum penalty for treason is death. But the Constitution specifies the process necessary to convict. Rand Paul technologywarfather I’ve never argued against any technology being used when you have an imminent threat, an active crime going on. If someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and fifty dollars in cash, I don’t care if a drone kills him or a policeman kills him. Rand Paul liquor-storesdronestechnology I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he fled, [because] that is what he faced. Rand Paul technologypartyleadership A lot of these gadgets and pieces of technology we use become almost like friends to us, and we expect our friends to have voices. Randy Thom technologyvoiceuse I think you can imagine everyone has ankle weights on, or technology, and there's a reason that people aren't floating around. But I also liked this idea that in this world, people forgot they can swim. The modern world weighs you down, there's always emails to check, you've gotta go to your job and pay your mortgage. You're not really thinking, "Oh, yeah, I can swim around." BoJack discovering it is a big deal, and kind of fun. Raphael Bob-Waksberg technologyfunthinking There are more truths in twenty-four hours of a man's life than in all the philosophies. Raoul Vaneigem technologyphilosophyscience In a certain way working in animation has become very democratic because now anyone with the right technology can at least prepare a project from home in order to attract investors. Some people can even set up a small home studio and start working. Raul Garcia technologyhomeorder The profound aspect of technology is that once secrets are revealed, the magic doesn't disappear. Ray Kurzweil magictechnologyprofound By the time of the Singularity, there won't be a distinction between humans and technology. This is not because humans will have become what we think of as machines today, but rather machines will have progressed to be like humans and beyond. Technology will be the metaphorical opposable thumb that enables our next step in evolution. Ray Kurzweil next-stepstechnologythinking There are downsides to every technology. Fire kept us warm, but also burned down our villages. Ray Kurzweil villagetechnologyfire Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings. Ray Kurzweil technologyuniquehumanity«179180181182183184185186187188189»
