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Category Archives: Technology
Esther Dyson on Internet
“The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.” Continue reading
Henry David Thoreau on Flying
“Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!” Continue reading
Arthur C. Clarke on Technology
“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” Continue reading
Arthur C. Clarke on Science Fiction
“Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.” Continue reading
Albert Einstein on Solving Problems
“The world will not evolve past its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.” Continue reading
Edsger Dijkstra on Computers
“Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.” Continue reading
Putt’s Law
“Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.” Continue reading
Isaac Asimov on Computers
“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.” Continue reading
Edward Abbey on Tyranny
“No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.” Continue reading