“How did the economy produce all these amazing things that we have around us - computers and cell phones and so on? There were a bunch of ideas, and the good ones grew and prospered. And the bad ones were pretty ruthlessly weeded out.” IdeasEconomyProduceGrewComputerPhonesBunchCellsCell PhoneAmazing Things Author:Tim Harford
“Of the properties of mathematics, as a language, the most peculiar one is that by playing formal games with an input mathematical text, one can get an output text which seemingly carries new knowledge. The basic examples are furnished by scientific or technological calculations: general laws plus initial conditions produce predictions, often only after time-consuming and computer-aided work. One can say that the input contains an implicit knowledge which is thereby made explicit.” MadeLawGamesLanguageConditionsExampleProduceComputerMathematicsPropertyMathematicalCarriePlusPeculiarFormalTechnologicalPredictionsInitialsConsumingCalculationsInputExplicitOutputImplicitTime ConsumingNew Knowledge Author:IU?. I. Manin
“To me there is no more depressing sight than a five-year-old staring at a screen, unsmiling, mouse in hand. Besides whatever dreadful things this prolonged exposure to screens is doing to their brains, computer games tend to be solitary affairs, and produce little laughter.” YearsLittlesHandsGamesBrainFiveProduceComputerLaughterSightAffairScreensStaringFive YearsSolitaryDepressingMiceExposureFive Year OldsComputer Games Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Capital investment in fixed assets that produce real goods is the actual driver of long term economic growth, and until slick financiers hijacked the country with 'new economy' mumbo-jumbo based on computer models and hype most Americans understood this.” LongRealCountryGrowthTermEconomyEconomicProduceComputerModelsUnderstoodInvestmentFixedLong TermGoodsDriversAssetsEconomic GrowthHypeSlickFinanciersCapital Investment Author:Richard Karn
“Similarly, computer literacy courses tend to produce computer people who know a lot about computers or a piece of software but they don't help people become fluent with the machine.” PeopleKnowsHelpingCoursesPiecesProduceComputerMachinesSoftwareLiteracyFluentComputer Literacy Author:Seymour Papert
“Working with the computer gives rise to many opportunities to transcend asocial behavior, because it produces exciting and visually interesting things to share, whether it's by creating video games, computer art or sharing exciting Web sites.” GivingArtOpportunityGamesInterestingShareProduceBehaviorComputerCreatingExcitingVideoSiteInteresting Things Author:Seymour Papert
“Fuzzy logic will produce a computer that will even seem to have a personality. It will seem to have a character. It will be able to talk to you. It will be able to translate from one language to another instantaneously. You will be able to give it instructions. You will be able to tell it stories. If it doesn't understand something, it will ask you.” IfsGivingCharacterStoriesSeemsAbleAsksLanguageProducePersonalityComputerLogicInstructionTranslateFuzzy Author:Owsley Stanley
“Someone recently talked about mass surveillance and the NSA revelations as being the atomic moment for computer scientists. The atomic bomb was the moral moment for physicists. Mass surveillance is the same moment for computer scientists, when they realize that the things they produce can be used to harm a tremendous number of people.” PeopleMomentsUsedRealizingNumbersMoralProduceComputerMassScientistHarmRevelationsBombsPhysicistSurveillanceNsaAtomic Bomb Author:Edward Snowden
“Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two but can't remember what they are.” TwoFunnyRememberBrainProduceComputerReactionsCulinaryChocolatePotMarijuanaDessertSimilarityResearchersCannabisFunny MarijuanaFunny WeedFunny ChocolateSweets And Desserts Author:Matt Lauer