“If self-driving cars are going to work - they're being tested now, as you know - the computers that drive them have to have lots of practice before they're allowed to get out in a real car on the roads.” IfsKnowsRealSelfPracticeCarComputerDrivingTestedGoing To WorkDriving Cars Author:Peter Sagal
“I found that I loved producing that kind of propaganda and I loved the power that a few students with a Macintosh computer could wield. I was hooked on communications at that point.” KindFoundStudentsCommunicationComputerPropagandaHookedMacintoshMacintosh Computers Author:Lewis Schiff
“Apple makes computers and they have to be great at providing the product they promised every individual who wants to purchase from them. This is where they should spend the bulk of their energy.” WantShouldIndividualEnergyProductsComputerApplesProviding Author:Lewis Schiff
“Contemporary technology could be used to eliminate ownership and management of corporations. It could be used to provide - lets say Apple computers. In principle information technology could be used to provide direct information to the work force on the ground so that they could democratically decide what the company would do, eliminating the role of management. It could be used for that. People aren't developing technology for that purpose.” PeopleUsedPurposeForceCompanyPrinciplesRolesTechnologyInformationComputerDirectManagementContemporaryDevelopingCorporationsApplesOwnershipInformation TechnologyEliminating Author:Noam Chomsky
“Groupings of people that get together, think things through, come out to plan and so on, like unions or true political organizations, they've disintegrated. And people tend to be atomized - you get down to a society based on social units based on an atom - an atomic element - which is a person and their computer. Not a society that is going to be able to function freely and democratically. The tendency is there; it doesn't have to be, but its something to worry about.” PeopleThinkingPersonsAbleTogetherPoliticalSocialWorryPlansElementsComputerOrganizationFunctionUnionsTendenciesAtomsUnitsGet Together Author:Noam Chomsky
“Trying to be creative, yet having to deal with the day to day - I mean, there is a lot of stuff to deal with. Like sitting at the computer and sending emails.” TryingMeanStuffDealsCreativeComputerSittingDay To DayBe CreativeEmail Author:Jeremy Enigk
“If you've been paying attention to politics for the last, you know, 30 years, it would not have shocked you, but what was amazing was that there it was, you know, in irrefutable colors, you know, there on paper, or there on your computer screen.” IfsKnowsYearsLastsAttentionColorPaperComputerScreensPay AttentionShockedComputer Screen Author:Jill Stein
“My children threw me a life line: "Return to your roots - food - and rewrite your first book, Diet for a Small Planet." I learned that if I could just show up, in this case, if I could just get myself out of bed, get to the computer in my tiny office at MIT, and start writing, help would start arriving.” IfsWritingFirstsChildrenBookHelpingShowsLinesCasesPlanetsReturnBedOfficeComputerRootsTinyMy ChildrenDietsIf I CouldArrivingMitLife Line Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“I think the definition will change as we learn more, but my working definition of solving the brain is: one, we can model, maybe in a computer, the processes that generate things like thoughts and feelings, and two, we can understand how to cure brain disorders, like Alzheimer's and epilepsy. Those are my two driving goals. One is more human-condition oriented, and one more clinical.” ThinkingHumansTwoFeelingsProcessGoalBrainConditionsComputerModelsDefinitionsDrivingCuresDisorderHuman ConditionThoughts And FeelingsAlzheimerAlzheimer'sClinicalsEpilepsy Author:Edward Boyden
“It's actually kind of weird that we can comprehend the law of gravity, or that we can understand quantum mechanics, enough at least to make computers.” KindEnoughLawComputerGravityQuantumMechanicQuantum Mechanics Author:Edward Boyden
“Suppose there are some things that we don't understand about the universe, but if you understand human intelligence and you understand the gaps in our abilities to think about things, maybe we can engineer in a computer more advanced intelligences that can help augment our ability to think.” IfsThinkingHumansHelpingUniverseAbilityComputerGapsEngineersHuman Intelligence Author:Edward Boyden
“I spend a lot of time going over old conversation summaries. A lot of the old ones are about ideas that ended in failure, the project didn't work. But hey, you know what? That was five years ago, and now computers are faster, or some new information has come along, the world is different. So we're able to reboot the project.” KnowsWorldYearsIdeasDifferentAbleFiveInformationConversationComputerProjectsYears AgoHeyFasterFive YearsHey YouSummaryNew Information Author:Edward Boyden
“If you want to be a better musician, hang out with a computer coder.” IfsWantComputerMusicianHanging OutCoders Author:will.i.am
“I start my process hand written, and then I dump it in. It's like you're getting a second draft 'cause when I put it in the computer, I fix it and change stuff. That's my process. I picked that up from speaking to Neil Gaiman and Joe Hill. I was messing around with the idea of starting to write more, writing a book and doing things like this, and I reached out for advice. They were like, "Oh, we hand write, and then we dump it all in." I was like, "Great! There's no more blank pages."” WritingBookIdeasHandsCausesStuffProcessWrittenAdviceLike YouComputerPagesStartingHillsBlankWriting A BookDumpBlank PagesGaimanStarting To Write Author:Gerard Way
“While I'm acting I'm focused on what I'm trying to say through the character. And when I'm writing, I'm just putting down on paper or on the computer what I have to say.” WritingTryingCharacterActingPaperComputerFocused Author:Meital Dohan
“In the first earthquake scene [ in "2012"], there was only a limo and a plane. That was it. There was nothing else there, so everything had to be created in the computer, and that's always very difficult.” FirstsDifficultSceneComputerPlanesEarthquakesLimos Author:Roland Emmerich
“Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.” TechnologyFireInformationInternetDrinkComputerInformation TechnologyInformation AgeCyberspaceWorld Wide WebInternet TechnologyInternet UsersData CollectionGreat TechnologyIct Author:Mitchell Kapor
“I don't like going to the studio. It just seems too cold. There's no crowd to react to, or share anything with; it's just talking into a microphone that's going into a computer.” SeemsTalkingShareColdComputerCrowdsStudiosMicrophones Author:Cass McCombs
“There are certain things I am clueless about as far as the new technologies. I see these people in front of these computers all day and I don't know what they are doing - they are doing something, obviously - with Facebook, Instagram and all that. I am aware of it, but basically not in touch.” PeopleKnowsCertainTechnologyFrontsComputerInstagramNew TechnologyClueless Author:Robert De Niro
“There is more uncertainty than usual about job futures because computers are replacing more and more human intelligence, and globalization is proceeding at an accelerating pace.” HumansJobsComputerUncertaintyPaceUsualGlobalizationProceedingHuman Intelligence Author:Robert J. Shiller
“With the technology of tablet computers, if we bring the right content to them and distribute them ubiquitously throughout the land, we can do something about America being ranked 29th in the world in terms of our level of education.” IfsWorldAmericaTermCan DoLevelsTechnologyLandComputerCan Do SomethingTablets Author:LeVar Burton
“I want to live in an America where we are able to marshal all the resources we have at our disposal and that we - people like me, and companies like Apple and Intel and others - can make it our business to put a tablet computer in the hands of every single kid in America. Every single kid.” PeopleWantHandsKidsAbleAmericaCompanyComputerResourcesLike MeApplesTablets Author:LeVar Burton
“I think about the period of, like, the '70s and early '80s where nobody had money to make big movies and there was no CGI or anything like that and people had to get super creative. And then, you know, when you've got somebody who can paint you any picture on a computer and you get hundreds of millions of dollars to make a movie, its almost like the creativity diminishes somewhat.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBigsCreativityMillionsCreativePeriodsComputerDollarsPaintDiminish80sBig MovieCgi Author:Ethan Suplee
“We're progressing on a lot of fronts, but on the aspect of your responsibility - just the very basics of how we treat each other - before we learn mathematics and computers and science in school, and languages and all of this, the basis of it: What is it to be a human? What responsibility do you have?” HumansSchoolLanguageResponsibilityProgressFrontsComputerAspectTreatsBasesMathematicsBasics Author:Michal Rovner
“I like to always stop with a couple of pages that I haven't - that are just raw copy, where I haven't touched it, I haven't tried to revise it, I haven't tried to polish it. It's like having a little bit of a runway. The next day when you sit down, you have the comfort of saying, well, I have got a little bit here, used to be in the typewriter. Now it's in the magic box, the computer.” WellsLittlesUsedNextBitsMagicHavensCoupleComfortComputerLittle BitPagesBoxesUsed To BeTouchedCopiesNext DayPolishTypewritersRunway Author:Stephen King
“When Colin Powell showed up as Secretary of State in 2001, most State Department employees still didn't even have computers on their desks. When I got there they were not mostly permitted to have handheld devices. I mean, so you're thinking how do we operate in this new environment dominated by technology, globalizing forces? We have to change, and I can't expect people to change if I don't try to model it and lead it.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingMeanStillsI CanStatesForceTechnologyEnvironmentComputerModelsDepartmentEmployeeDevicesDesksSecretaryNew Environment Author:Hillary Clinton
“Anybody who has ever traveled in other countries, some of which shall remain nameless, except for Russia and China, you know that you can't bring your phones and your computers. And if you do, good luck.” IfsKnowsCountryComputerLuckPhonesChinaRussiaOther CountriesTraveledGood LuckNameless Author:Hillary Clinton
“I first learnt to program a computer when I was nine, when my dad got a ZX80, but I think I would have had to be a particularly perspicacious child to have foreseen the iPad or Twitter!” ThinkingFirstsChildrenDadComputerProgramMy DadNineIpadsForeseen Author:Suw Charman-Anderson
“Research is all well and good, but I definitely enjoy writing the most. I will happily sit at my computer and work on a single paragraph for hours. And there's no better feeling than when your writing is going well.” WritingWellsFeelingsEnjoyHoursComputerResearchParagraph Author:Debra Hamel
“Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson. Unix was basically his, likewise C's predecessor, likewise much of the basis of Plan 9 (though Rob Pike was the real force in getting it together). And in the meantime Ken created the first computer chess master and pretty much rewrote the book on chess endgames. He is quite a phenomenon.” FirstsPersonsBookRealTogetherForceCareersPlansInfluenceMastersComputerBasesChessPhenomenonPredecessorsEndgameUnix Author:Dennis Ritchie
“I found myself sitting at the computer, and I thought I was going to write a kind of simple nostalgic story about two boys and their love of kite fighting. But stories have a will of their own, and this one turned out to be this dark tale about betrayal, loss, regret. The short story which was about 25 pages long sat around for a couple of years.” WritingYearsKindLongTwoStoriesFightingFoundDarkLossSimpleBoysRegretCoupleComputerPagesSittingBetrayalTalesSatShort StoryNostalgicKites Author:Khaled Hosseini
“I got my computer. The great thing about the computer is that you only need enough money to buy a computer and some food, and you're all right. I don't have to go to premières.” NeedsEnoughComputerGreat Things Author:Norm MacDonald
“I grew up in the countryside . But there's a danger of us romanticizing that. Because when I was a kid in 1982, that's what my parents were saying to me about television and comics and computer games!” KidsGamesParentDangerTelevisionGrewComputerGrew UpCountrysideComputer Games Author:Charlie Brooker
“Socialization would be the most successful thing to bring mainstream audiences to online computers.” Would BeAudienceSuccessfulComputerOnlineMainstreamSocialization Author:Tim Wu
“You have to think back to the '90s. The computer was this terrible-looking thing that was trying to compete with the television. And it was this idea of email and chat rooms and this kind of stuff that first people - got people there.” PeopleThinkingTryingFirstsKindIdeasStuffRoomsTelevisionTerribleComputerEmail Author:Tim Wu
“We're on the computers, phones and tablets all day long, sometimes you just need to escape from the screens.” NeedsLongSometimesComputerPhonesScreensTablets Author:Alan Robert
“I have some rhythms on my computers, that are actually called "trance", they go from 1-30 or 40. They're grooves that come on the synth. If I could somehow use them, I would.” IfsUseComputerRhythmIf I CouldGrooveTrance Author:Phil Collins
“I would say the soul would be more than the engine. The soul would be like the computer system that coordinates everything, from the smog device to the fuel injection system to the brakes.” SoulWould BeComputerFuelDevicesEnginesBrakeCoordinatesInjectionSmogComputer Systems Author:Dallas Willard
“Think of the soul as the computer system that runs the whole thing. And then the spirit is the executive center. It's the faculty of choice. And then you want that faculty governed by the truth of God and the Spirit of God.” ThinkingWantSoulWholeRunningSpiritChoicesComputerExecutivesFacultySpirit Of GodTruth Of GodComputer Systems Author:Dallas Willard
“The training one receives when one becomes a technician, like a data scientist - we get trained in mathematics or computer science or statistics - is entirely separated from a discussion of ethics.” ComputerTrainingEthicsScientistMathematicsDataDiscussionStatisticsComputer ScienceTechnicians Author:Cathy O'Neil
“I think with a lot of producers, they think computers can create the best drum track, or guitar track and it comes off as too artificial.” ThinkingComputerGuitarTrackProducersArtificial Author:Mitch Lucker
“I don't use the computer. I do sketches, very quickly, often more than 100 on the same formal research.” UseComputerResearchFormal Author:Zaha Hadid
“Half the stuff I've written was written when I was half asleep watching the David Letterman show when some boring actress was on talking about herself. I would just mute the TV, look over to the computer and start plugging in notes. Then the next morning you go "Wow, I like this". I'd almost forget what I did, and then it would inspire me to go on and do the next thing. That's what I do. Just kind of follow my own little thing.” LooksKindLittlesShowsNextStuffMy OwnForgetHalfTalkingMorningWrittenInspireTvsGoes OnComputerNotesBoringActressesLittle ThingsWowMuteLettermanPlugging In Author:Terry Bozzio
“There's spatial intelligence. they're, which end up being, people going into math or music. there's mechanical where you work well with your hands. There's an intelligence with language that would lead someone into writing. So it's not necessarily that you're six years old and you know you're going to be a lawyer Or you're going into tech startups or computers. It's something more elemental than that. It's that this is a skill, a way of thinking that comes naturally to me that I was drawn to and it was very clear in childhood.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWritingYearsWellsEndsHandsLanguageClearChildhoodSkillsSixComputerMathLawyerWay Of ThinkingElementalsSix Year OldsSpatial Author:Robert Greene
“The changes are coming so quickly it's been difficult for workers to retrain themselves and for entrepreneurs to figure out where the next opportunities may be. The catalyst is something called computer learning or artificial intelligence - the ability to feed massive amounts of data into supercomputers and program them to teach themselves and improve their performance.” MayNextOpportunityDifficultAbilityTeachFiguresAmountComputerProgramPerformancesEntrepreneurWorkersDataMassiveArtificial IntelligenceArtificialCatalystSupercomputers Author:Andrew McAfee
“I like the computer! It's a gadget, and I love gadgets. But it's very complicated and I didn't think I'd have the time to learn.” ThinkingComputerComplicatedGadgets Author:Mordicai Gerstein
“A typical day for me is I get up at 6:00, the coffeemaker goes on automatically and the computer gets turned on. I pour a cup of coffee, listen to Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac, and then I write.” WritingGoes OnComputerCoffeeGet UpCupsTypicalCoffee Cup Author:Kate DiCamillo
“I write two pages - that's all I write. It takes me about an hour. I've learned that's all I'm capable of and to push myself beyond that is foolhardy. It's a very delicate thing, and I will not abuse it. So I write two pages, then I get up from the computer.” WritingTwoHoursComputerPagesCapableAbuseGet UpI've LearnedTake MeDelicateFoolhardyDelicate Things Author:Kate DiCamillo
“The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.” CareComputerToughTake CareCustomersJewelry Author:Guy Kawasaki
“I spoke to a blogger. It was election time when we were doing the movie and Hillary Clinton was still in the running. This blogger was doing a story on democratic women who were anti-Hillary. He was on the computer speaking to these women and it made me realize that you can reach a much broader audience online but on the other hand Russell's [Crowe] character argues that you still need to get on the streets and see people face to face, and check your facts.” PeopleNeedsMadeStillsCharacterFactsStoriesHandsRunningFacesRealizingAudienceStreetsComputerElectionDemocraticClintonArguingChecksOnlineSpokesFace To FaceBloggersElection Time Author:Rachel McAdams