“Thanks is part to our education system, we tend to think that we're smarter than the stupid guys in funny wigs who came before us. But that's because we are mistaking technology, progress, and access to information for intelligence. We think that because we know how to use iPhones (but not build them), browse the Internet (but not understand how it works), and use Google (but not really know anything), our educational system is working just great. By the same token, we think that those dumb aristocrats who used horses to get around and didn't have electricity were neanderthals.” ThinkingKnowsUseUsedGuyTechnologyKnow HowProgressStupidInformationInternetHorseEducationalAccessThanksDumbSmarterGoogleElectricityEducation SystemIphoneTokensEducational SystemWigsAccess To InformationNeanderthalsStupid Guy Author:Glenn Beck
“Man moves in all modes, by legs of horses, by wings of winds, by steam, by gas of balloon, by electricity, and stands on tiptoe threatening to hunt the eagle in his own element.” MenMovingTechnologyWindElementsHorseWingsLegsGasHuntingElectricityThreateningHuntsEaglesSteamBalloonsTiptoes Book:The Annotated Emerson Source: The Annotated Emerson
“The Mongol conquests are difficult to fathom. Although their most important technology was the horse, they conquered much of the known world from China to Europe, a series of wars that killed tens of millions of people, then a substantial chunk of the world's population.” PeopleWorldImportantWarDifficultKnownMillionsTechnologyEuropeHorseSeriesPopulationChinaConquestChunksFathomMongols Author:Max Fisher
“They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.” IfsThinkingKnowsAbleFunnyScienceTechnologyCarHorseMilesFuelManureGallons Author:Billie Holiday
“In the near term, oil is galloping ahead and leading our economy. We have to corral the "horse" and gradually reduce our dependence on oil and coal, in their present forms. Green-energy investment is inherently high-tech, and we could lead in the next-generation energy technologies, as we did and do now with oil and gas. All it takes is leadership!” FormNextEnergyTermTechnologyEconomyGenerationsHorseGreenInvestmentOilGasDependenceCoalNext GenerationLead InOil And GasGallopingGreen Energy Author:Wesley K. Wark
“You've got to choose your horse ahead of time. So, if you're interested in water technology, energy technology, you get to choose between the three or four companies that you have insight into. And you have to make a bet on them before they prove anything out.” IfsThreeEnergyWaterCompanyTechnologyFourProveHorseInsightAhead Of Time Author:Peter Diamandis
“The Amish communities of Pennsylvania, despite the retro image of horse-drawn buggies and straw hats, have long been engaged in a productive debate about the consequences of technology.” LongCommunityTechnologyConsequenceHorseDebateDespiteEngagedHatsProductiveStrawsPennsylvaniaRetroAmishStraw Hats Author:Howard Rheingold
“Every mode of transport that we use - whether it's planes, trains, automobiles, bikes, horses - is reusable, but not rockets. So we must solve this problem in order to become a space-faring civilization.” UseProblemInspirationMotivationOrderSpaceTechnologyCivilizationHorseTrainSolvePlanesBikeRocketsAutomobileTransport Author:Elon Musk
“The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical consequences is hay. ... It was hay that allowed populations to grow and civilizations to flourish among the forests of Northern Europe. Hay moved the greatness of Rome to Paris and London, and later to Berlin and Moscow and New York.” HumansScienceGrowsGrowthSimpleTechnologyEffectsNew YorkExampleGreatnessCivilizationConsequenceEuropeHorseMovedHistoricalProfoundPopulationLondonForestsHuman LifeParisRomeBerlinGood ExamplesMoscowHayMedieval Europe Author:Freeman Dyson
“If we were to go back in time 100 years and ask a farmer what he'd like if he could have anything, he'd probably say he wanted a horse that was twice as strong and ate half as many oats. He would not say he wanted a tractor. The point is, technology changes things so fast that many people aren't sure what the best solutions to their problems might be.” PeopleIfsYearsProblemMightWantedAsksStrongChangeHalfTechnologySolutionsHorseFarmersBack In TimeTractorsGo Back In TimeOats Author:Philip Quigley
“I think we are trying to run the space age with horse and buggy moral and spiritual equipment. Technology you see has no morals; and with no moral restraints man will destroy himself ecologically, militarily, or in some other way. Only God can give a person moral restraints and spiritual strength.” ThinkingMenWayGivingTryingPersonsRunningAgeSpiritualSpaceMoralTechnologyHorseRestraintEquipmentSpiritual Strength Author:Billy Graham