“U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected.”
Technology giveth and technology taketh away. These quotes explore innovation, digital life, artificial intelligence, social media, and the question that gets louder every year: just because we can build it, should we?
“Don't underestimate questions from the crowd technology has made voters more informed than ever.”
“U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected.”
“I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface.”
“We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere.”
“Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they didn't need a band in the clubs, the DJ played it on a disc.”
“Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned.”
“The wonderful thing about Apple technology is just how intuitive it is.”
“Technology is teaching us to be human again.”
“Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.”
“The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.”
“If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.”
“The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology.”
“You can find lots of people like you through technology, and women in particular like communities.”
“The goal for many amputees is no longer to reach a 'natural' level of ability but to exceed it, using whatever cutting-edge technology is available. As this new generation sees it, our tools are evolving faster than the human body, so why obey the limits of mere nature?”
“If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them.”
“Because I do think - not just in building AOL - but just the world in which we live is a very confusing, rapidly changing world where technology has accelerated.”