Home / Quotes / Quote by William Gibson

Quote by William Gibson

“We don't legislate emergent technologies into existence. We almost never do. They just emerge, dragged forth by Adam Smith's invisible hand. Then we have to see what people are actually going to do with them, and try to legislate to take account of that.”

Quote by William Gibson

Author

William Gibson, born on March 17, 1948, is a renowned science fiction novelist from Canada. His works are known for their unique futurist style and profound insights into technological development, making him a representative figure in the cyberpunk literary genre. more

You May Also Like

“The nature of emergent technology is, as Kevin Kelly once said, right out of control. It's an element of human evolution that's completely out of control. It's sort of driving itself, and I don't see it ceasing to do that.”

Humans Said Technology Evolution Elements Driving Kevin Human Evolution

Author:William Gibson

“I've always been interested in people who aren't from anywhere in particular. I think it's all melting. This has been true for as long as I can remember in my adult life.”

People Thinking Long Has Beens I Can Remember Particular Adults Melting

Author:William Gibson

“I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the principle that your ability to pay does not determine your access to critical medical service.”

Thinking Should Firsts Doe Ability Pay Principles Universal Determine Committed Critical Access Medical

Author:Stephen Harper

“If I meet someone and discover that they're an absolute, very earnest nationalist, it's unlikely that I'm going to get much closer to them. I don't understand them. It doesn't matter where they're from, I just don't get it. I'm a multi-national kind of guy.”

Ifs Kind Matter Guy Absolutes Earnest Unlikely

Author:William Gibson

“I'm not a very intentional writer. I try to be as unintentional as possible. What I basically try to do is invite the zeitgeist in to tea.”

Trying Tea Invites Zeitgeist

Author:William Gibson

“I'm proud to be white. I don't have anything against my color. But I don't think color matters, either. Just like I feel it doesn't matter that I'm a white dude doin' black music.”

Thinking Feels Matter Black White Color Proud Black Music

Author:Mark Wahlberg

“I grew up in predominantly black neighborhoods and went to predominantly black schools. And hip-hop is what I grew up listening to in my teenage years. Basically I'm just being myself.”

Years School Black Listening Grew Grew Up Hip Hop Hips Hops Neighborhood Just Being Teenage Being Myself Teenage Years

Author:Mark Wahlberg

“Music is my life. The last job I had, I was a bricklayer's apprentice. And I was happy with that job, too, because it was something that made me feel good. To build a wall for the side of a building felt really good to me.”

Feels Made Jobs Lasts Felt Sides Building Wall Music Is Feel Good Apprentice Music Is My Life Bricklayers

Author:Mark Wahlberg

“My non-fiction films are pretty much fiction, or at least close... It's all "movies" for me. I never have searched for a subject. They always just come along. They never come by way of decision-making. They just haunt me. I can't get rid of them. I did not invite them.”

Way I Can Film Decision Fiction Subjects Decision Making Invites Non Fiction

Author:Werner Herzog

“I have always postulated that we have to find a new way to deal with reality. It's not so much facts that interest me, but a deeper truth in them - an ecstasy of truth, an ecstatic truth that illuminates us. That's what I've been after.”

Way Facts Reality Interest Deals Deeper Ecstasy New Ways Ecstatic

Author:Werner Herzog