“It's like when IBM drove a lot of innovation out of the computer industry before the microprocessor came along. Eventually, Microsoft will crumble because of complacency, and maybe some new things will grow. But until that happens, until there's some fundamental technology shift, it's just over.” HappensGrowsTechnologyIndustryComputerInnovationFundamentalsNew ThingsComplacencyMicrosoftIbmPredicting The FutureMicroprocessor Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“My kids accuse me and my wife of being fascists and overly concerned about tech, and they say that none of their friends have the same rules... That's because we have seen the dangers of technology firsthand. I've seen it in myself, I don't want to see that happen to my kids.” WantHappensKidsTechnologyWifeDangerConcernedMy WifeFascists Author:Steve Jobs
“My little self-analysis is that consumer technology is the closest thing we have to magic. You push a button and something happens at your command. The things that get me fired up the most have always been the things that seem the most magical.” LittlesSelfSeemsHappensTechnologyMagicThings HappenCommandConsumersAnalysisClosestButtonsFired UpSelf Analysis Author:David Pogue
“Everybody is a sinner before God. And I think we magnify it today because we have television, and we have so many other technologies that make what happens in some other part of the world in our living room.” ThinkingWorldHappensTodayRoomsTechnologyTelevisionSinnerLiving Room Author:Billy Graham
“My mom's a psychologist, and I think that has influenced me on a personal level. Plus, I'm just generally interested in visualization and humanity, social activity and technology, and what happens in aggregate.” ThinkingHappensHumanitySocialLevelsTechnologyMomActivityMy MomPlusPsychologistVisualization Author:Aaron Koblin
“I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic and tragic. There's a point after the industrial period where it seems like humanity's finally going to make it right. There were advances in medicine and technology and education. People are going to be able to live longer lives; literacy is starting to spread. It seemed like finally, after centuries of toiling and misery, that humanity was going to get to a better stage. And then what happens is precisely the contrary. Humanity betrays itself.” PeopleWorldWarSeemsHappensAbleHumanityTechnologyCenturyStageRevolutionPeriodsMedicineMiseryStartingSpreadContraryWar Of The WorldsTragicFascinatedWorld War IiBetrayWorld War IEpicLiteracyIndustrial RevolutionToilingTechnology And EducationLonger Life Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“I'm a spreadsheet guy. But you get to that moment of truth, and it has nothing to do with a spreadsheet. You've got to factor in what your competitors are doing, what the technology is doing, what your shareholders want, what your employees want, what your customers want, and you've got to make it happen sometimes.” WantSometimesMomentsHappensGuyTechnologyCustomersFactorsEmployeeThat MomentCompetitorsMake It HappenShareholdersMoment Of Truth Author:Brian Roberts
“What I really think is going to happen over time is technology is going to change the way we live for the good for the environment.” ThinkingWayHappensTechnologyEnvironment Author:George W. Bush
“All through time in Apple products, even from our very first ones, that's how he [Steve Jobs] looked at the world, that you don't really want a piece of technology, a certain type of chip. What you want is a solution to a problem in life, some cause, some issue that you want in your life that'll help you. And it's how do you make that almost one step - say it and it happens.” WorldWantFirstsHelpingProblemHappensJobsCertainCausesStepsTechnologyIssuesPiecesProductsTypeSolutionsWhat You WantApplesChipsRough TimesSolution To A ProblemProblems In Life Author:Steve Wozniak
“What happens to children and families today who sit around the television? They're watching made-up stories. It's not their experience and it's not truly shared. A human being must learn at a very young age how to connect to other human beings. Our technologies are driving us apart, only connecting us in terms of information, not in terms of emotions.” HumansChildrenMadeStoriesHappensAgeTodayYoungTermHuman BeingsEmotionTechnologyInformationTelevisionDrivingConnectingYoung AgeMade Up StoriesFamilies Today Book:Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“Climate change isn't just an environmental issue; it's a technology, water, food, energy, population issue. None of this happens in a vacuum.” HappensEnergyWaterTechnologyIssuesClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangePopulationVacuumsEnvironmental Issues Author:David Titley
“And yet humanity is so not evolved that how can you expect anything absolutely major to happen? Look how long, we move ahead in technology, how much do we move ahead in morality or emotion? We move ahead so minimally, minimally, minimally.” LooksLongHappensMovingHumanityEmotionTechnologyMoralityMajorsMoving Ahead Author:Lily Tomlin
“I would love to see what's going to happen with science fiction with peoples' heads, because we still have people running around in the year 2050 or 2100 or 2200 and they have incredible technology and you see the effects: laser beams and rays and beaming down and beaming up. Incredible technical things happening, but everybody is still running around jealous, fighting, whacking, cheating. There's got to be something going on! Some kind of change. I'd like to see something starting to happen in that area, with the psychology of the human being and how that changed.” PeopleYearsHumansKindStillsHappensRunningFightingHuman BeingsFictionTechnologyPsychologyEffectsChangedHappeningsAreasDown AndScience FictionIncrediblesStartingThings HappenCheatingJealousRaysBeamLasers Author:Leslie Nielsen