“The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.” HumansSufferingTechnologyBenefitsMajorsNew TechnologyAlleviateHuman Suffering Author:Ralph Merkle
“We humans usually feel that we are the best at everything we do, that we can safely drive ourselves. But tens of thousands of people die every year. We need to be open to having technology assist us, to find ways in which technology makes us safer.” PeopleWayNeedsFeelsYearsHumansDiesTechnology Author:Sebastian Thrun
“What is so intriguing about this interplay between technology and the human imagination is that here we are dealing with the equation. As I imagine, so I become - and this is the very essence of magic.” HumansImaginationTechnologyImagineMagicEssenceEquationsIntriguingHuman Imagination Author:Nevill Drury
“Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings.” HumansHumanityHuman BeingsTechnologyUniqueMachines Author:Ray Kurzweil
“I love using the latest technologies to make life more efficient, but I don't want to advocate that technology replaces the need to get together and enjoy human connections with people.” PeopleWantNeedsHumansTogetherEnjoyTechnologyConnectionsEfficientGet TogetherHuman ConnectionLatest Technology Author:Maynard Webb
“I'm fascinated with genetic science, and I have been for a very long time. I always look at science and technology because I think that the developments in my lifetime have been so remarkable - and we're only at the tip of the iceberg with projects like decoding the human genome.” ThinkingHumansLooksLongHas BeensTechnologyDevelopmentProjectsLong TimeLifetimeRemarkableFascinatedScience And TechnologyIcebergGenomeTip Of The Iceberg Author:Nick Rhodes
“At issue is not only knowledge of the world but our survival as individuals and as a species. All the basic technologies ever invented by humans to feed and protect themselves depend on a relentless commitment to hard-nosed empiricism: you cannot assume that your arrowheads will pierce the hide of a bison or that your raft will float just because the omens are propitious and you have been given supernatural reassurance that they will. You have to be sure.” WorldHumansHas BeensHardIndividualGivenTechnologyIssuesDependsProtectSurvivalCommitmentAssumingSpeciesFloatsRelentlessPierceReassuranceOmenEmpiricismKnowledge Of The WorldBison Book:Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America Source: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
“I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem.” ThinkingWantGivingHumansFactsMightTermTechnologyProudWeaponsPicksInventionHuman LifeItemsDoveScience And TechnologyEmblems Author:Thomas A. Edison
“If you consider the contribution of plumbing to human life, the other sciences fade into insignificance.” IfsHumansTechnologyHuman LifeContributionFadesScience And TechnologyInsignificancePlumbing Author:James P. Gorman
“For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The current intensification of global economic integration has demonstrated that there is enough knowledge, technology and capital to bring development to all the people of the world.” PeopleWorldFirstsHumansEnoughPovertyTechnologyEconomicConditionsDevelopmentDiseaseCapableFirst TimeCurrentsHuman ConditionIntegrationIlliteracyEconomic Integration Author:Clare Short
“Along with this rapid growth of forms of communication at our disposal - be it fax, phone, email, internet or whatever - human solitude will increase in direct proportion.” HumansFormGrowthTechnologyCommunicationInternetSolitudeDirectIncreasePhonesProportionEmailRapidsFaxRapid Growth Author:Werner Herzog
“Doing a background check is still a very manual process, because the government agencies that create the records are largely paper-based systems. I'm not going to deny that there are errors, because in any system that involves human beings or technology, there are going to be errors.” HumansStillsGovernmentProcessHuman BeingsTechnologyRecordsPaperErrorsDenyBackgroundsChecksAgencyManualsGovernment AgenciesBackground Checks Author:James Lee
“Without technology humanity has no future, but we have to be careful that we don’t become so mechanised that we lose our human feelings.” HumansFeelingsHumanityLosesTechnologyCarefulBe Careful Author:Dalai Lama
“The human race has today the means for annihilating itself--either in a fit of complete lunacy, i.e., in a big war...or by the careless handling of atomic technology, through a slow process of poisoning and of deterioration in its genetic structure.” HumansMeanWarBigsTodayPeaceProcessRaceTechnologyFitStructureHuman RaceCarelessPoisoningDeteriorationLunacy Author:Max Born
“Technology challenges us to assert our human values, which means that first of all, we have to figure out what they are.” FirstsHumansMeanValuesChallengesTechnologyFiguresHuman Values Author:Sherry Turkle
“The book itself is a curious artifact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often very pleasant to look at and handle, that can last decades, even centuries. It doesn't have to be plugged in, activated, or performed by a machine; all it needs is light, a human eye, and a human mind. It is not one of a kind, and it is not ephemeral. It lasts. It is reliable.” NeedsMindHumansLooksKindLittlesBookLightEyeLastsTechnologyCenturyMachinesComplexesDecadesHandleCuriousPleasantDevicesHuman MindEfficientNeatEphemeralCompactArtifactsOne Of A KindHuman EyesShowy Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it.” WorldHumansHuman BeingsTechnologyThis WorldMythologyScopeEnablingScience And TechnologyOpting Out Book:A Short History Of Myth Source: A Short History Of Myth
“The way to solve the conflict between human values and technology needs is not to run away from technology. That's impossible. The way to resolve the conflict is to break down the barriers of dualistic thought that prevent a real understanding of what technology is--not an exploitation of nature, but a fusion of nature and the human spirit into a new kind of creation that transcends both.” WayNeedsHumansKindRealRunningSpiritValuesUnderstandingBreakTechnologyImpossibleCreationConflictSolveBarriersResolveRunning AwayExploitationBreaking DownHuman SpiritFusionHuman Values Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“Technology is both a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is the paradox of our times which we're compelled to face.” HumansHelpingFacesTechnologyToolsOur TimeParadoxDestroyingCompelled Author:Frank Herbert
“We've been co-evolving with our technology for a hundred thousand years. Human beings and the technology we make were always inseparable. We're finally coming into this moment where it's coming inside our body for the first time in history.” YearsFirstsHumansMomentsBodyHuman BeingsTechnologyThousandHundredFirst TimeEvolveThousand YearsInseparable Author:Daniel H. Wilson
“We humans have a love-hate relationship with our technology. We love each new advance and we hate how fast our world is changing... The robots really embody that love-hate relationship we have with technology.” WorldHumansHateTechnologyOur WorldRobotsLove HateLove Hate RelationshipLove And Hate Relationship Author:Daniel H. Wilson
“The human condition is not served by our technical ability to transmit a televised image around the world - if that image is totally inane.” IfsWorldHumansAbilityTechnologyConditionsAround The WorldHuman ConditionTransmit Author:Ken Danby