Quotes by Technology The idea that Bill Gates (one of the founders of Microsoft) has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he, by peddling second rate technology, led them into it in the first place... Douglas Adams technologyhumorfunny Our enthusiasm for digital technology about which we have little understanding and over which we have little control leads us not toward greater agency, but toward less...We have surrendered the unfolding of a new technological age to a small elite who have seized the capability on offer. But while Renaissance kings maintained their monopoly over the printing press by force, today's elite is depending on little more than our own disinterest. Douglas Rushkoff agencytechnologykings No scientific theory achieves public acceptance until it has been thoroughly discredited. Douglas Yates achievetechnologyacceptance My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it. Dr. An Wang philanthropytechnologyneeds The medievalist has the capacity, and the desire, to harmonize. He believes the planets sing in harmony; why cannot technology also sing? Douglas Wilson technologydesirebelieve The early cyberpunk idea was that networked computers would let us do our work at home, as freelancers, and then transact directly with peers over networks. Digital technology would create tremendous slack, allow us to apply its asynchronous, decentralized qualities to our own work and lives. Douglas Rushkoff technologyhomeideas Digiphrenia”—the way our media and technologies encourage us to be in more than one place at the same time. Douglas Rushkoff mediatechnologyway Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet. Douglas Adams technology I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things. Douglas Adams technologycareersorder Whether it's watching a $4,000 laptop fall off the conveyor belt at airport security, contending with a software conflict that corrupted your file management system, or begging your family to stop opening those virus-carrying 'greeting cards' attached to emails, all computer owners are highly leveraged and highly vulnerable technology investors. Douglas Rushkoff airportstechnologyfall Technology has moved away from sharing and toward ownership. This suits software and hardware companies just fine: They create new, bloated programs that require more disk space and processing power. We buy bigger, faster computers, which then require more complex operating systems, and so on. Douglas Rushkoff suitstechnologyspace ... we're moving into an era when we will define ourselves more by the technologies we refuse than the ones we accept. Douglas Rushkoff erastechnologymoving First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure. Douglas Adams technologytypewritersdiscovery We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works. Douglas Adams technologywantscience Digital technology is both arousing and distancing. We don't look at the users on the other side as people. They aren't - they're just usernames, Facebook photos and Twitter handles. Douglas Rushkoff technologypeoplelooks A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. Douglas Adams technologytypewritersmoving I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know? Dr. Dre technologygivingmean I often feel like a dinosaur. I don't get the technology thing at all. I was on the Internet not long ago for Barnes and Noble, and people were ringing up from all over the world - Australia, Canada, France. I experienced it as an informal chat, which was pleasant, but I couldn't quite take it in. It had a strong element of unreality. I can't be bothered to switch to a computer at my age, though I might get along with e-mail, which sounds appealing. Doris Lessing technologystronglong Our technologies become more complex while we become more simple. They learn about us while we come to know less and less about them. No one person can understand everything going on in an iPhone, much less pervasive systems. Douglas Rushkoff iphonetechnologysimple New technologies are wreaking havoc on employment figures - from EZpasses ousting toll collectors to Google-controlled self-driving automobiles rendering taxicab drivers obsolete. Douglas Rushkoff googletechnologyself«5657585960616263646566»
