Quotes by Technology You can define advertising as the science of creating and placing media that interrupts the consumer and then gets him or her to take some action. Seth Godin creatingmediatechnology Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers. Shepherd Mead committeescomputertechnology Technology doesn't just do things for us. It does things to us, changing not just what we do but who we are. Sherry Turkle who-we-aretechnologydoe We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. Sherry Turkle creatingtechnologyfriendship Technology is seductive when what it offers meets our human vulnerabilities. And as it turns out, we are very vulnerable indeed. We are lonely but fearful of intimacy. Digital connections and the sociable robot may offer the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. Our networked life allows us to hide from each other, even as we are tethered to each other. We’d rather text than talk. Sherry Turkle seductivetechnologylonely The feeling that 'no one is listening to me' make us want to spend time with machines that seem to care about us. Sherry Turkle technologymotivationinspiration What technology makes easy is not always what nurtures the human spirit. Sherry Turkle technologyspiriteasy 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 sacrificetechnologycaring We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as possible, and we need to develop new technologies that can further help address our addiction to oil in the future. Sherwood Boehlert addictionoiltechnology Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. Texting, email, posting, all of these things let us present the self as we want to be. We get to edit, and that means we get to delete, and that means we get to retouch, the face, the voice, the flesh, the body -- not too little, not too much, just right. Sherry Turkle technologyselfmean We're smitten with technology. And we're afraid, like young lovers, that too much talking might spoil the romance. But it's time to talk. Sherry Turkle technologymotivationinspiration Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental degradation. Sherwood Boehlert aggravationoiltechnology When you're addicted to heroin, there is only one thing you can do - go off heroin. But we're not going to throw away these phones, we're not going to throw away our technology. Sherry Turkle herointechnology We expect more from technology and less from each other. Sherry Turkle technologymotivationinspiration The U.S. uses most of its oil for transportation. We can limit U.S. demand for oil by requiring automakers to use the technology that already exists to improve fuel economy - technology that the automakers refuse to bring into the market despite societal demand. Sherwood Boehlert fuel-economyoiltechnology 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 technologyskillslight Technology challenges us to assert our human values, which means that first of all, we have to figure out what they are. Sherry Turkle technologychallengesmean People thought I was very pro-computer. I was on the cover of Wired magazine. [Then things began to change. In the early 80s,] we met this technology and became smitten like young lovers. But today our attachment is unhealthy. Sherry Turkle technologyattachmentpeople We're letting [technology] take us places that we don't want to go. Sherry Turkle technologywant 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 insecuretechnologylooks«197198199200201202203204205206207»
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