“Our assaults on the ecosystem are so powerful, so numerous, so finely interconnected, that although the damage they do is clear, it is very difficult to discover how it was done. By which weapon? In whose hand? Are we driving the ecosphere to destruction simply by our growing numbers? By our greedy accumulation of wealth? Or are the machines which we have built to gain this wealth-the magnificent technology that now feeds us out of neat packages, that clothes us in man-made fibers, that surrounds us with new chemical creations-at fault?” MenMadeDoneHandsDifficultWealthPowerfulNumbersTechnologyClearGrowingCreationClothesWeaponsGainsBuiltDestructionMachinesFaultsEnvironmentalDrivingDamageSurroundChemicalsMagnificentAssaultGreedyPackagesAccumulationNeatEcosystemsFiberInterconnected Author:Barry Commoner
“What the new fertilizer technology has accomplished for the farmer is clear: more crop can be produced on less acreage than before. Since the cost of fertilizer, relative to the resultant gain in crop sales, is lower than that of any other economic input, and since the Land Bank pays the farmer for acreage not in crops, the new technology pays him well. The cost-in environmental degradation-is borne by his neighbors in town who find their water polluted. The new technology is an economic success-but only because it is an ecological failure.” WellsWaterPayTechnologyClearEconomicLandCostGainsTownsEnvironmentalNeighborAccomplishedFarmersRelativeCropsDegradationEcologicalNew TechnologyInputFertilizerEnvironmental DegradationEconomic Success Author:Barry Commoner
“We Communists have got to string along with the capitalists for a while. We need their agriculture and their technology. But we are going to continue massive military programs. . . (soon) we will be in a position to return to a much more aggressive foreign policy designed to gain the upper-hand.” NeedsHandsTechnologyMilitaryPolicyPositionReturnGainsProgramStringsMassiveCommunistAggressiveCapitalistForeign PolicyAgricultureUpper Hand Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“A photograph is a universe of dots. The grain, the halide, the little silver things clumped in the emulsion. Once you get inside a dot, you gain access to hidden information, you slide into the smallest event. This is what technology does. It peels back the shadows and redeems the dazed and rumbling past. It makes reality come true.” LittlesDoeRealityPastUniverseTechnologyEventsInformationPhotographyShadowGainsPhotographAccessSilverGrainSmallestSlidesDotsDazed Book:Underworld: A Novel Source: Underworld: A Novel
“we should be careful not to let machinery swamp life. That we should be sure, when we are confronted with a fresh mechanical contrivance, that we are not losing more than we gain by adopting it.” ShouldTechnologyLosingGainsCarefulBe CarefulMachineryAdoptingSwamps Book:Singing Waters Source: Singing Waters
“Technology is probably the single biggest driver of productivity gains for the developed countries. For example, I think it's much more important than free trade.” ThinkingImportantCountryTechnologyExampleGainsTradeProductivityDriversFree TradeDeveloped Country Author:Peter Thiel
“The gains made by better management and technology are still being outpaced by the environmental impacts of population and economic growth. We are on an unsustainable course.” MadeStillsCoursesGrowthTechnologyEconomicGainsManagementImpactEnvironmentalPopulationSustainabilityEconomic GrowthEnvironmental Impact Author:Klaus Topfer
“In The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs, Carmine Gallo captures the true mindset of Jobs and Apple. This book is not just for the techie and marketing crowd, although they will gain valuable insight that can be applied to their worlds. It is also for anyone who loves technology and wants to understand how to create simple devices that are easy to use and can impact our lives.” WorldWantBookUseJobsEasySimpleSecretTechnologyOur LivesGainsInnovationImpactMarketingCrowdsValuableInsightMindsetApplesDevicesCaptureTechie Author:Tim Bajarin
“I think people who want to use genetic technologies to gain a competitive edge for their children are engaging in a kind of overreaching that could really undermine our appreciation of children as gifts for which we should be grateful and, instead, to view them as products or instruments that are there to be molded and directed.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldKindChildrenUseViewsTechnologyProductsGainsInstrumentsGratefulEdgesAppreciationBe GratefulEngagingOverreaching Author:Michael Sandel
“The challenges, the changes we're talking about often seem to them like unbelievable opportunities to deliver a product quicker, better. If you can improve the quality, lower the cost, and improve the turns - and you can do that because your information systems, your delivery systems, are better because of technology - well, you see that as a wonderful opportunity to gain market share.” IfsWellsSeemsTurnsOpportunityCan DoChallengesQualityTalkingTechnologyWonderfulShareInformationProductsCostGainsUnbelievableDeliveryInformation Systems Author:Ken Moelis
“The demand for digital textbooks has increased since its introduction to the marketplace. As students become more familiar with them and computers get faster, larger and more portable, this product will gain in popularity.” TechnologyStudentsProductsDemandComputerGainsFamiliarFasterDigitalPopularityIntroductionMarketplaceTextbooks Author:Jeff Cohen