“There is a tendency to throw computers at third world problems, which I think is often a distraction. Putting computers in the schools is great, but it may be more important to put teachers in the schools.” ThinkingWorldMayImportantProblemSchoolTeacherComputerThirdsTendenciesDistractionThird WorldWorld Problems Author:Terry Winograd
“Interactivity has the virtue of democracy, conferring upon everyone with access to a computer the right and opportunity to be heard, but it's also saddled with democracy's vice - a tendency to assume that everyone who has a right to be heard has something to say that's worth hearing.” OpportunityVirtueDemocracyHeardComputerAssumingVicesHearingAccessTendencies Book:Sleeping with Extra-terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety Source: Sleeping with Extra-terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety
“The computer actually may have aggravated management's degenerative tendency to focus inward on costs.” MayFocusCostComputerManagementTendenciesInwardAggravated Author:Peter Drucker
“Kids absolutely not reading. I think it's because they're so screen-oriented [TVs, computers, smartphones]. They do read - girls in particular read a lot. They have a tendency to go toward the paranormal, romances, Twilight and stuff like that. And then it starts to taper off because other things take precedence, like the Kardashian sisters.” ThinkingKidsRomanceGirlReadingStuffParticularTvsComputerScreensTendenciesParanormalTwilightPrecedenceSmartphones Author:Stephen King
“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
“Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.” KnowsDreamLostBusinessMissingComputerTrackTendenciesHypocrisyUrgesLunchDreams Come TrueLost FriendshipPropensityMaking Dreams Come True Author:Tim Berners-Lee