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Technology11 quotes
Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things. — Willa Cather · 1929We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what computers should do. — Satya Nadella · 2018Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. — Arthur C. Clarke · 1973Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. — Christian Louis Lange · 1921Introduce the alphabet to a culture and you change its cognitive habits, its social relations, its notions of community, history and religion. Introduce the printing press with movable type, and you do the same. Introduce speed-of-light transmission of images and you make a cultural revolution. Without a vote. Without polemics. Without guerrilla resistance. Here is ideology, pure if not serene. Here is ideology without words, and all the more powerful for their absence. All that is required to make it stick is a population that devoutly believes in the inevitability of progress. — Neil Postman · 1985Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road. — Stewart Brand · 1987All 11 quotes →Downsides of technology5 quotes
Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. — Christian Louis Lange · 1921Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. — Max Frisch · 1957No, not again. I...why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam? I swear to God, one of these days, I just kick this piece of shit out the window! — Samir · 1999Everywhere we remain unfree and chained to technology, whether we passionately affirm or deny it. — Martin Heidegger · 1954We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works. — Douglas Adams · 2001Technological progress3 quotes
Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things. — Willa Cather · 1929Introduce the alphabet to a culture and you change its cognitive habits, its social relations, its notions of community, history and religion. Introduce the printing press with movable type, and you do the same. Introduce speed-of-light transmission of images and you make a cultural revolution. Without a vote. Without polemics. Without guerrilla resistance. Here is ideology, pure if not serene. Here is ideology without words, and all the more powerful for their absence. All that is required to make it stick is a population that devoutly believes in the inevitability of progress. — Neil Postman · 1985Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road. — Stewart Brand · 1987Power of technology2 quotes
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. — Arthur C. Clarke · 1973Introduce the alphabet to a culture and you change its cognitive habits, its social relations, its notions of community, history and religion. Introduce the printing press with movable type, and you do the same. Introduce speed-of-light transmission of images and you make a cultural revolution. Without a vote. Without polemics. Without guerrilla resistance. Here is ideology, pure if not serene. Here is ideology without words, and all the more powerful for their absence. All that is required to make it stick is a population that devoutly believes in the inevitability of progress. — Neil Postman · 1985Progress2 quotes
Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things. — Willa Cather · 1929Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road. — Stewart Brand · 1987Can vs. should1 quote
We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what computers should do. — Satya Nadella · 2018Change1 quote
Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road. — Stewart Brand · 1987Modern life1 quote
Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things. — Willa Cather · 1929Morality and technology1 quote
We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what computers should do. — Satya Nadella · 2018The human condition1 quote
Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things. — Willa Cather · 1929