Quotes about Technology

We have reason not to be afraid of the machine, for there is always constructive change, the enemy of machines, making them change to fit new conditions.

The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.

Turn off all notifications; you should control when you want information, not the reverse.

being connected in a shallow way to the entire world can prevent us from being deeply connected to those closest to us—including ourselves.

India has a very young population which is comfortable doing business on a screen than do it one on one with a banking executive. They want quick fulfilment of desires, and may not have the time to go to a bank to get things done. Many of them are comfortable working from home.

The nature of television - it's quicker than both a play and a movie.

Now everyone takes it for granted that you can look up movie reviews, track locations, and order stuff online. I wish there was a way we could take it away from people for a day so they could remember what it was like without it.

In the old generation, if one kid bought a PlayStation 2 and the other kid bought an Xbox, at his house you played PlayStation, at your house you played Xbox. Now that it's online, all those early buyers who... you want to play with, they've got their reputation online of who they are and how good they are at these games.

Maybe all women should be robots, he thinks with a tinge of acid: the flesh-and-blood ones are out of control.

What will Ofwarren give birth to? A baby, as we all hope? Or something else, an Unbaby, with a pinhead or a snout like a dog's, or two bodies, or a hole in its heart or no arms, or webbed hands and feet? There's no telling. They could tell once, with machines, but that is now outlawed. What would be the point of knowing, anyway? You can't have them taken out; whatever it is must be carried to term.

I've got nothing against telepathy, said Jane; but the telephone is so much more dependable.

I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.