Quotes by Technology Surveillance technologies now available - including the monitoring of virtually all digital information - have advanced to the point where much of the essential apparatus of a police state is already in place. Al Gore policeessentialstechnology Our civilization is experiencing unprecedented changes across many realms, largely due to the rapid advancement of information technology. The ability to code and understand the power of computing is crucial to success in today's hyper-connected world. Al Gore technologycivilizationworld Anyone who deals with the climate crisis has an internal dialogue between hope and despair, because the challenge is so huge and the danger is so great and the stakes are so high. But I have always resolved that in favour of hope, and actually I'm more hopeful now than I was a decade ago when the solutions were visible on the horizon, but you had to seek reassurance that the technology experts that they're coming, they'll be here. Al Gore hopefultechnologychallenges I'm passionate about restoring the efficacy of American democracy, making capitalism sustainable, prioritizing advances in technology, and seizing the opportunities to use that kind of innovation to help usher in a new economy that doesn't rely on carbon-spewing fossil fuels. Al Gore innovationtechnologyopportunity We must also promote global access to the Internet. We need to bridge the digital divide not just within our country. But among countries. Only by giving people around the world access to this technology can they tap into the potential. Of the information age. Al Gore technologybridgescountry Ministry is just ZZ Top with technology. Al Jourgensen ministrytechnology When dealing in the technology, it becomes a question of whether you overuse something. I think that's worse than having something technologically available to you and not using it. Al Michaels availabletechnologythinking Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products - iPod, iPhone, iPad - that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world. Al-Waleed bin Talal ipadsiphonetechnology I feel like science fiction is so much more mainstream now than it has been. And I feel like thats because technology has caught up with us. Alaina Huffman mainstreamtechnologyfiction High tech companies that focus on research, development and production will learn that they can be the perfect complement to our world-renowned agriculture heritage. Alan Autry agricultureour-worldtechnology Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology. There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product. Alan Cooper technologypowerfulfun It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants. It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets. Alan Cooper disciplinetechnologyexample We live in an age where there is both more expression and more self-censorship than existed even a decade ago. Alas, laws have immunized internet carriers from many of the usual rules that govern public dialogue. Rights must always stay ahead of technology to assure that constitutional protections apply to all forms of communication. Alan Dershowitz communicationtechnologyage The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense and new technologies raise the efficiency of our businesses...While these tendencies were no doubt in train in the "old," pre-1990s economy, they accelerated over the past decade as a number of technologies with their roots in the cumulative innovations of the past half-century began to yield dramatic economic returns. Alan Greenspan technologyrootspast Improvements in lending practices driven by information technology have enabled lenders to reach out to households with previously unrecognized borrowing capacities. Alan Greenspan informationtechnologypractice An important technology first creates a problem and then solves it. Alan Kay technologyimportantfirsts Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born. Alan Kay borntechnology The Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than something that was man-made. When was the last time a technology with a scale like that was so error-free? The Web, in comparison, is a joke. The Web was done by amateurs. Alan Kay technologyoceanmen People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware. Alan Kay technologyseriouspeople The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited. Alan Kay machinestechnologylanguage«1234567891011»
