Quotes by Technology I worry that as the problem-solving power of our technologies increases, our ability to distinguish between important and trivial or even non-existent problems diminishes. Evgeny Morozov technologyimportantworry Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice. Evgeny Morozov smarttechnologypractice Information technology has been one of the leading drivers of globalization, and it may also become one of its major victims. Evgeny Morozov informationtechnologymay Technology changes all the time; human nature hardly ever. Evgeny Morozov human-naturetechnologyhumans Patients who are being kept alive by technology and want to end their lives already have a recognized constitutional right to stop any and all medical interventions, from respirators to antibiotics. They do not need physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. Ezekiel Emanuel physicianstechnologysuicide As smart technologies become more intrusive, they risk undermining our autonomy by suppressing behaviors that someone somewhere has deemed undesirable. Evgeny Morozov smartrisktechnology 'Solutionism' for me is, above all, an unthinking pursuit of perfection - by means of technology - without coming to grips with the fact that imperfection is an essential feature of liberal democracy. Evgeny Morozov technologyperfectionmean There are countries that send us garbage. There are countries that send us their outdated technology as their cooperation. With Fidel [Castro] it is totally different. Fidel is the first and the best one to stand for peace in the world denouncing the interventionist policies of the U.S. Evo Morales technologydifferentcountry We were badly held back not just by the technology, but by the culture of journalism. Ezra Klein journalismtechnologyculture Over his illustrious career, John Harris has explored the most challenging bioethical questions with insight, engaging wit, and eloquence. In Enhancing Evolution, Harris does it again. He argues that it is not just an option but an obligation for people to use available biomedical technologies to enhance their own--and their children's--physical and mental abilities. Harris rightly deserves his reputation for fearlessly following his ethical arguments wherever they lead. Ezekiel Emanuel technologycareerschildren The reason why there is more pessimism about technology in Europe has to do with history, the use of databases to keep track of people in the camps, ecological disasters. Evgeny Morozov technologyeuropepeople iPod liberalism [is] where we assume that every single Iranian or Chinese who happens to have and love his iPod will also love liberal democracy. Evgeny Morozov ipodschinesetechnology Is there anything more self-defeating than using technology to free up your time - so that you can learn how to do an even better job at it? Evgeny Morozov technologyselfjobs A typical triumph of modern science to find the only part of Randolph that was not malignant and remove it. Evelyn Waugh technologyfunnyscience I don't think love for technology itself breeds change. Evgeny Morozov technologythinking If you trace the history of mankind, our evolution has been mediated by technology, and without technology it's not really obvious where we would be. So I think we have always been cyborgs in this sense. Evgeny Morozov technologywould-bethinking Technological defeatism - a belief that, since a given technology is here to stay, there's nothing we can do about it other than get on with it and simply adjust our norms - is a persistent feature of social thought about technology. We'll come to pay for it very dearly. Evgeny Morozov technologybeliefpay Steve Jobs was notoriously blunt about products he found wanting, but his attack on Flash - Adobe's popular technology for playing multimedia content inside a browser - was particularly vicious. Claiming it was buggy and insecure, Jobs banned it from the iPad. Evgeny Morozov insecuretechnologyjobs It's true that virtually all new technologies do trigger what sociologists would call 'moral panics,' that there are a lot of people who are concerned with the possible political and social consequences, and that this has been true throughout the ages. Evgeny Morozov politicaltechnologypeople When it is about technology, there is this tendency to just reject all criticism as being anti-technological and anti-modern. I think this is very unhealthy. Evgeny Morozov technologycriticismthinking«6667686970717273747576»
