“I think that one can seek a way to eliminate war, and still agree that fighting the Nazis was a good thing.” ThinkingWayStillsWarFightingAgreeGood ThingsNazi Author:Jaron Lanier
“Chemotherapy is a good thing even though it kills healthy cells. But we still hope for something better. We'd like to prevent cancer in the first place.” FirstsStillsHealthyGood ThingsCancerCellsSomething BetterChemotherapy Author:Jaron Lanier
“Eliminating wickedness is a different project from eliminating violence. Eliminating violence - the destruction associated with wickedness - is a practical program that I'm very willing to pursue.” DifferentViolenceWillingProjectsProgramDestructionPracticalsPursueWickednessEliminating Author:Jaron Lanier
“It's possible, without taking sides or playing the statesman game, to reduce destruction simply by reducing the development of technology of destruction.” GamesSidesTechnologyDevelopmentDestructionReducingStatesmenDevelopment Of Technology Author:Jaron Lanier
“One thing that I have been trying to do is bring together in places like Bosnia technologists who create ever-more destructive land mines [and convince them not to build more dangerous mines]. And that has actually worked.” TryingHas BeensTogetherOne ThingLandDangerousMinesDestructiveConvinceBosnia Author:Jaron Lanier
“In history, in most cultures, and at most points in time, if you want to find the most advanced technologies, you can look principally in two places. One is weapons and the other is musical instruments. My hypothesis is that instruments are usually ahead of weapons. In fact, I think you can find many examples of instruments being predecessors of weapons and very few in the reverse.” IfsThinkingWantLooksTwoFactsCultureTechnologyExampleWeaponsInstrumentsMusicalReverseHypothesisPredecessorsMusical InstrumentsAdvanced Technology Author:Jaron Lanier
“I would argue that among musicians who work in technology today, the level of technological sophistication probably exceeds that of military programs, to be blunt. They are just really smart people attracted to making strange new sounds.” PeopleTodaySoundLevelsTechnologyMilitaryStrangeMusicianSmartProgramArguingTechnologicalExceedBluntSmart PeopleSophisticationReally Smart Author:Jaron Lanier
“In the Sixties, the hippies said "Make love, not war," and that was naive. But it might be less naive to say "Make music, not war," in the sense that the people who create musical instruments are the same people who make up new weapons.” PeopleSaidWarMightWeaponsInstrumentsMusicalSixtyMaking LoveNaiveHippieMusical InstrumentsMake Love Not War Author:Jaron Lanier
“My kids, that's my biggest accomplishment. Being able to have talented and smart kids. They are doing something I didn't do. I didn't finish school so...that's my biggest accomplishment.” KidsAbleSchoolSmartAccomplishmentSmart Kid Author:Dutch Robinson
“The one thing I find about singers in the business is that they often don't get the right education. I hear a lot of them singing and when they get to 30, 40 years old they wont be able to sing because they are not properly trained. A lot of people singing from their throat instead of singing from their diaphragm.” PeopleYearsAbleOne ThingSingingSingersThroat Author:Dutch Robinson