“Look at our culture. Look at the computer-enhanced people we compare ourselves to. Look at the expensive cars and trinkets we're all supposed to have. Look at how many people are wrapped up in that! Imagine how much money and worry we'd save ourselves if we stopped caring what kind of car we drove! and why do we care? perfection. But there is no such thing, is there? And if there is, then everyone is perfect in their own way, right?” PeopleIfsWayLooksKindCareCulturePerfectWorryImagineCarComputerPerfectionCaringCompareExpensiveTrinketsStopped CaringExpensive Cars Author:A.S. King
“Worrying about a large institution, especially when it has computers, is like worrying about a large gorilla, especially when it's on fire.” WorryFireComputerInstitutionsGorillas Author:Bruce Sterling
“While we bemoan the decline of literacy, computers discount words in favor of pictures and pictures in favor of video. While we fret about the decreasing cogency of public debate, computers dismiss linear argument and promote fast, shallow romps across the information landscape. While we worry about basic skills, we allow into the classroom software that will do a student's arithmetic or correct his spelling.” WorryInformationStudentsInternetSkillsComputerArgumentFavorsDebateVideoLandscapeSoftwareClassroomDeclineFree SpeechShallowLiteracyLinearArithmeticSpellingDiscounts Author:David Gelernter
“I've been asked to explain why I don't worry much about the topics of privacy threat...One reason is that these scenarios seem to assume that there will be large, monolithic bureaucracies...that are capable of harnessing computers for one-way surveillance of an unsuspecting populace. I've come to feel that computation just doesn't work that way. Being afraid of monolithic organizations especially when they have computers, is like being afraid of really big gorillas especially when they are on fire.” WayFeelsReasonBigsSeemsWorryFireInternetComputerCapableOrganizationAssumingThreatOne WayPrivacyFree SpeechTopicsBureaucracyScenariosSurveillanceBeing AfraidGorillasComputationUnsuspecting Author:Bruce Sterling
“You must not you worry about leaks or pieces [stolen] on your computer. You just make songs, you gotta make music, keep stuff out. You may not know rap, but that's how it works.” KnowsMaySongStuffWorryPiecesComputerRapStolenLeaks Author:Young Thug
“I've had a lot of fun writing percussion music. It feels quite similar to writing computer music. But I found myself in the role of choreographer in a way, worrying about physical movement and such.” WayFeelsWritingFoundFunRolesWorryMovementComputerChoreographersPercussion Author:Paul Lansky
“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
“The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.” HumansScienceGrowthWorryFlowerComputerListsSunshineEngineeringPlasticBehaviourGenetic EngineeringCloningFunny SciencePlastic FlowersHuman Cloning Book:A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays Source: A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
“It's often a matter of sitting in front of the computer and worrying. It's what writing comes down to--worrying that things aren't going to work out.” WritingMatterWorryFrontsComputerSittingWork OutGoing To Work Author:Khaled Hosseini
“And don’t worry.” Bob, Carter’s best man and colleague, held up a notebook computer. “I’ve got it handled on this end. And I memorized the vows just in case he needs me to throw him a line.” “You’re a treasure, Bob.” She waited until she was out of earshot to laugh.” MenNeedsEndsLinesCasesWorryLaughingComputerTreasureBobColleaguesVowNotebookCarter Book:Happy Ever After Source: Happy Ever After