Quotes by Technology Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. Alan Kay funny-inspirationaltechnologyintegrity Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual - not how to use it but why, when, and for what. Alan Kay technologyspecialneeds Technology is anything invented after you were born, everything else is just stuff. Alan Kay borntechnologystuff I have no opposition at all to technology. I think technology is a wonderful thing that has to be used thoughtfully, and we can't just assume that every bit of new technology improvesthe quality of life; it's really in how the technology is used. What I am very disturbed about is this trend of everything happening faster and faster and faster and there being more and more general noise in the world, and less and less time for quiet reflection on who we are, and where we're going. Alan Lightman technologyreflectionthinking Although technology is proceeding at a dizzying pace, I believe that the human mind will always have control of itself. And since the human mind has a degree of infinity and imagination unlikely to be matched by a machine for a very, very long time, I don't think that we will become the machines of the machines. Alan Lightman technologybelievethinking I'm remote from most technology to the point that I'm kind of Amish. Alan Moore amishtechnologykind Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters. Alan Moore benefitstechnologytwo The success of SYNC is another proof point that we are doing just that. We will continue to innovate and expand the capability of SYNC by integrating even more new technologies that fit our customers’ lifestyles. Alan Mulally lifestylefittechnology It doesn't matter what the technology is - no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway. Alan Parker technologymatterwatches A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. Alan Perlis technologysciencebelieve In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm. Alan Perlis wormstechnologybird I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it. Alan Perlis learningtechnologythinking Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves. Alan Perlis technologyhumorousneeds Coloring is very relaxing for one thing. And I think adults like to unplug from technology for awhile and do something tangible with their hands. Alan Robert technologyhandsthinking Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap. Lack of awareness of the basic unity of organism and environment is a serious and dangerous hallucination. For in a civilization equipped with immense technological power, the sense of alienation between man and nature leads to the use of technology in a hostile spirit—-to the “conquest” of nature instead of intelligent co-operation with nature. Alan Watts technologyintelligentmen To the philosophers of India, however, Relativity is no new discovery, just as the concept of light years is no matter for astonishment to people used to thinking of time in millions of kalpas, (A kalpa is about 4,320,000 years). The fact that the wise men of India have not been concerned with technological applications of this knowledge arises from the circumstance that technology is but one of innumerable ways of applying it. Alan Watts technologywisemen ...the materialism of modern civilization is paradoxically founded on a hatred of materiality, a goal-oriented desire to obliterate all natural limits through technology, imposing an abstract grid over nature. Alan Watts technologygoalcivilization Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. Alan Watts technologyhandspeople "It is essential to understand this point thoroughly: that the thing-in-itself, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, is not only unknowable-it does not exist. This is important not only for sanity and peace of mind, but also for the most "practical" reasons of economics, politics, and technology.. This is not to say only that things exist in relation to one another, but that what we call "things" are no more than glimpses of a unified process. Certainly, this process has distinct features which catch our attention, but we must remember that distinction is not separation." Alan Watts technologyvegetablesanimal One of the reasons I think the population question is important, if we want to be as green as possible, any of our energy that is truly renewable is limited. Solar and wind are intermittent and they're so diffuse, it's difficult to harness them in a significant way. But one thing we could be doing is making it a law (like it is in Israel and Cyprus) to take every building eight stories or under and heat all of the water in those buildings with solar energy. It's absolutely simple and cheap technology. Alan Weisman technologysimplethinking«1234567891011»
