Quotes about Technology

But industrial civilization is only possible when there's no self-denial. Self-indulgence up to the very limits imposed by hygiene and economics. Otherwise the wheels stop turning.

Are you sure?" asked the Savage. "Are you quite sure that the Edmund in that pneumatic chair hasn't been just as heavily punished as the Edmund who's wounded and bleeding to death?

A human being in a highly technicized productive unit is simply not allowed to be spontaneous. It just interferes with the plan laid down in advance by the engineers and technicians who decide how he should word, and in this way he, the human being, is profoundly diminished, because he is not permitted to be spontaneous.

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time.

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.

Byrne's Law: In any electrical circuit, appliances and wiring will burn out to protect fuses.

Modern life changes no longer century by century, but year by year, ten times faster than it ever has before...

You can fill up your time with anything that you want. And stuff per se is not bad - technology is awesome; if you use it for the right the reason, it's great.

I'm a firm believer that autonomous driving is coming.

All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.