“...there are two (inter alia) two ways of ruining a society - namely, letting the market "be the sole director of the fate of human beings," and allowing technology to permeate every aspect of our lives. In the United States, both of these developments have converged, creating a huge chasm between rich and poor and pushing us over the edge into a kind of antisociety... While these developments have been widely hailed as the dawn of a golden age, the likelihood is that they actually amount to a death knell, the beginning of the end of the American empire.” WayHumansKindHas BeensTwoEndsStatesAgeHuman BeingsPoorUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesRichOur LivesFateHugeDevelopmentAmountDirectorsCreatingAspectEdgesGoldenDawnEmpiresPushingAllowingSoleTwo WaysRich And PoorLikelihoodGolden AgeChasmsOver The EdgeAmerican Empire Author:Morris Berman
“It's very hard to admit that the choice of 3D technology can play an important role for the director while he's thinking about the movie. But it does play a big role.” ThinkingDoeImportantHardPlayBigsChoicesRolesTechnologyDirectors Author:Fedor Bondarchuk
“Steven Spielberg makes Minority Report with the newest digital technology; other directors seem to be trying to make their movies from it.” TryingSeemsTechnologyDirectorsReportsMinoritiesDigitalDigital TechnologyMinority Report Author:Roger Ebert
“In a lot of cases, you think that the art director and the production designer designed and built this amazing set, when in fact they only built part of it and were able to extend it using all of this fabulous technology.” ThinkingArtFactsAbleCasesTechnologyDirectorsBuiltProductionsDesignerFabulousArt Director Author:Rick Heinrichs
“The director of the institute where I was working apologized about these young, enthusiastic researchers when the World Bank visited because he was afraid the institute would lose the World Bank consultancies.I went back home and started the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecologyan extremely elaborate name for the tiny institute that I started in my mothers cow shed. My parents handed over family resources and said, Put them to public purpose. Thats how I survived.” WorldSaidHomeYoungMotherPurposeNamesParentLosesTechnologyDirectorsResearchResourcesFoundationTinyCowsShedEcologySurvivedEnthusiasticBack HomeInstituteResearchersScience TechnologyWorld Bank Author:Vandana Shiva