Quotes by Technology Although population and consumption are societal issues, technology is the business of business. If economic activity must increase tenfold over what it is today to support a population nearly double its current size, then technology will have to reduce its impact twenty-fold merely to keep the planet at its current levels of environmental impact. For example, to stabilize the climate we may have to reduce real carbon emissions by as much as 80 percent, while simultaneously growing the world economy by an order of magnitude. Stuart L. Hart technologyrealorder I changed my headlights the other day. I put in strobe lights instead! Now when I drive at night, it looks like everyone else is standing still. Steven Wright technologyfunnyscience The use of market values and technology as a social barometer has devalued the worth of individuals, rendered irrelevant the quality of their lives, and stunted their creativity. Sulak Sivaraksa creativityqualitytechnology The information superhighway is a dirt road that won't be paved over until 2025. Sumner Redstone dirt-roadsinformationtechnology 'Temes' [technology-enhanced memes] don't care about us - they simply want to create more of themselves. Don't think we created the internet for our own benefit - think about temes spreading for themselves because they must. Susan Blackmore benefitstechnologythinking Innovations that drive lasting economic growth emerge from the most advanced science, mathematics and technology. Susan Hockfield innovationgrowthtechnology Intercultural understanding is a key dimension of the Australian Curriculum. The deployment of technology opens up opportunities for global partnerships and collaboration to grow, increasing opportunities for greater understanding between cultures. Susan Mann technologykeysopportunity "Technology" is a cross-curriculum perspective running through the new Australia Curriculum, and there are a number of technology subject areas as well that include coding, which has not previously been part of the Australian Curriculum. Susan Mann technologyrunningnumbers More ubiquitous mobile technologies have led to a significant shift from desktops and laptops to the use of mobile tablets. Australian schools are increasingly using apps as they become available to support education. Susan Mann supporttechnologyschool An ongoing challenge for Australia is ensuring equity of access to technology. Since the decline in federal funding, many schools are reverting to bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs and this puts the onus back on families to fund devices. Susan Mann australiatechnologyschool Raising parent awareness on how to support their students to be safe, responsible and discerning users of technology continues to be a challenge. Susan Mann supporttechnologyparent From phones to cars to medicine, technology touches every part of our lives. If you can create technology, you can change the world. Susan Wojcicki medicinephonestechnology Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very young age, with mobile phones, tablets, the Web or social media. They are much more proficient with technology than prior generations since they use it for all their school work, communication and entertainment. Susan Wojcicki communicationtechnologyschool The amazing thing about working in social media and technology is that you can get to know the sharpest thinkers from around the world without having to spend hours on planes! Suw Charman-Anderson mediatechnologyworld As for where I am now, well, social media didn't exist when I was a child, and I never would have guessed just how much of a role in my life and career technology would play. Suw Charman-Anderson mediatechnologychildren Sometimes I'm dazzled by how modern and fabulous we are, and how easy everything can be for us; that's the gilded glow of technology, and I marvel at it all the time. Susan Orlean fabuloustechnologysometimes You can get an audience, you can get followers all over the world and there's great power and excitement in those connections but there also is grave danger of misinterpretation, sometimes something can be incendiary and we also see what I think of as an arms race between these new technologies that allow for expression and communication and then new methods of surveillance and suppression. Suzanne Nossel communicationtechnologythinking In the 50,000 years that followed—a time four to eight times shorter than the entire length of time the Neanderthals existed—the replacement crowd not only settled on almost every habitable speck of land on the planet, they developed technology that allowed them to go to the moon and beyond. Svante Paabo eighttechnologymoon I speak as an unregenerate reader, one who still believes that language and not technology is the true evolutionary miracle. I have not yet given up on the idea that the experience of literature offers a kind of wisdom that cannot be discovered elsewhere; that there is profundity in the verbal encounter itself, never mind what further profundities that author has to offer; and that for a host of reasons the bound book is the ideal vehicle for the written word. Sven Birkerts technologybelievebook I can't say I know how to change the society, but I share the feeling that this society is full of technology which depersonalizes people, which seems to drain a sense of reality from our lives. It's full of a lot of other things too. Susan Sontag technologyrealitypeople«209210211212213214215216217218219»
