“It was like the Dutch Astronaut I met who had a theory about technology. His take was that technology is actually a new kind of parasite that began to develop consciousness about 100 years ago and which, like all parasites, is gradually taking over its host, strangling the life out of it.” TechnologyParasite Author:Laurie Anderson
“Technology today is the campfire around which we tell our stories. There's this attraction to light and to this kind of power, which is both warm and destructive. We're especially drawn to the power. Many of the images of technology are about making us more powerful, extending what we can do. Unfortunately, 95 percent of this is hype, because I think we're powerful without it.” ThinkingKindStoriesLightTodayCan DoPowerfulTechnologyPercentWarmAttractionDestructiveHypeExtendingCampfire Author:Laurie Anderson
“Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.” StoriesTechnologyCampfireOld Technology Author:Laurie Anderson
“A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that.” DifferentStatesUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesPiecesCriticalEquipment Author:Laurie Anderson
“You can do great things with low-tech stuff.” StuffCan DoTechnologyLowsGreat Things Author:Laurie Anderson
“Computers are so deeply stupid. What bother me most when they talk about technology is they don't realize how much more exciting their minds are. That machine is stupid. And boring. It does just a few things and then it'll crash. People think, 'I am on the Net, I am in touch with the world'. Wrong! The point is how we work, not how machines work.” PeopleThinkingWorldMindDoePoliticsRealizingTechnologyStupidInternetComputerMachinesExcitingBoringBotherCrash Author:Laurie Anderson
