Best Information Society Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I think, however, the current fascination with the computer and its principal product, information, deserves a more critical response. This is because the computer does so ingeniously mimic human intelligence that it may significantly shake our confidence in the uses of the mind. And it is the mind that must think about all things, including the computer.”

Computers Information Society Digital Culture

Book:The Cult of Information: A Neo-Luddite Treatise on High-Tech, Artificial Intelligence, and the True Art of Thinking

Source: The Cult of Information: A Neo-Luddite Treatise on High-Tech, Artificial Intelligence, and the True Art of Thinking

“Maskinerna hjälpte kroppen med det som musklerna inte orkade med eller hann med under industrialismen. Elektroniken hjälper oss med det som hjärnan inte klarar av eller hinner med i "informationssamhället". Men en enligt många kallhamrad teknologi kommer att öka behovet av gemenskap och värme. […] Behovet av en ny kroppslig kontakt, själslig ro, mänskligt prat kommer att öka lavinartat, när vi pratar med hemdatorn istället för att gå till banken eller ringa, spelar videospel istället för att gå på rockkonsert osv.”

1984 Information Society Prophecy And Fulfillment

Book:Drömmen om Kalifornien - Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Las Vegas

Source: Drömmen om Kalifornien - Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Las Vegas

“The goal of politics in the twenty-first century should be to create societies which maximize knowledge, the well-spring of economic growth and democratic self-governance. Markets and communities, companies and social institutions should be devoted to that larger goal. Finance and social capital should be harnessed to the goal of advancing and spreading knowledge. That will make us better off, put us more in charge of our lives and make us better able to look after ourselves.”

Knowledge Globalization Information Society

Author:Charles Leadbeater

“In general I saw my job as the first president whose full term would be served after the Cold War in a global information society where we were interdependent but not integrated. And therefore, we were vulnerable to the worst, and able to seize the best, of what's going on in the world.”

World Firsts War Would Be Able Jobs President Term Saws Worst Information Cold Vulnerable Cold War Integrated Information Society

Author:William J. Clinton

“The main ingredient of the first quantum revolution, wave-particle duality, has led to inventions such as the transistor and the laser that are at the root of the information society.”

Firsts Information Revolution Roots Wave Invention Ingredients Quantum Particles Duality Lasers Transistors Information Society

Author:Alain Aspect

“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology.”

Science Technology Dependent Information Technology Science And Technology Art And Science Science Physics Modern Technology Science Technology Science Life Technology And Education Information Society Inspirational Science Science And Society

Author:Carl Sagan

“The information society should serve all of its citizens, not only the technically sophisticated and economically privileged.”

Should Information Citizens Sophisticated Privileged Information Society

Book:The road ahead

Source: The road ahead

“The concept of the "information society" is both vague and all-embracing. Different participants meant different things by it. In practice, though, World Summit on the Information Society only dealt with a small number of issues: ICTs and human rights (to some extent), ICTs and development (to some extent), infrastructure finance and Internet governance. Very large aspects of what might have been included in the "information society" were not really discussed.”

“Summits [World Summit on the Information Society] are meant to help governments reach a global consensus on major issues which has proved elusive in established fora. They do so through the embarrassment associated with failing to sign a summit's final agreement.”

World Helping Government Issues Failing Information Majors Finals Agreement Consensus Summit Embarrassment Elusive Information Society

Author:David Souter

“Kofi Annan described World Summit on the Information Society as the first summit to deal primarily with an opportunity. The range of issues and potential opportunities that might be included in the Information Society is enormous. Compromise texts are very poor at addressing these in any meaningful way, and many governments see little point in trying.”

World Way Trying Firsts Littles Government Might Opportunity Poor Deals Issues Information Meaningful Enormous Compromise Range Summit Information Society

Author:David Souter

“The main drawback, of course, was cost. Participating effectively in World Summit on the Information Society was very expensive for both developing countries and (especially) civil society.”

World Country Courses Information Cost Developing Expensive Summit Participating Civil Society Developing Countries Drawbacks Information Society

Author:David Souter

“It does seem to me, though, that the countries that gained most from World Summit on the Information Society are those that saw it as an opportunity to engage in more diverse discussion about the issues internally and to seek to raise the quality of debate (both in terms of information and understanding).”

World Doe Country Seems Opportunity Understanding Term Quality Issues Saws Information Raises Debate Discussion Diverse Summit Information Society

Author:David Souter

“[The currency of being celebrity] used to be only the elect had any manna in the information society and everyone else was a consumer.”

Used Information Used To Be Consumers Currency Information Society

Author:William Gibson

“Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.”

Wisdom Culture Information Instinct Valuable Intuition Data Hunches New Information Instinct Intuition Clairvoyance Information Society

Book:Re-Inventing the Corporation

Source: Re-Inventing the Corporation

“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.”

“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”

Inspirational Long Loses Common Knowledge Technology Information Intellectual Common Sense Too Much Information Information Society Data Collection Common Decency Gathering Data Information Sharing Gathering Information

Author:Gertrude Stein

“We live in a world of frightful givens. It is given that you will behave like this, given that you will care about that. No one thinks about the givens. Isn't it amazing? In the information society, nobody thinks. We expected to banish paper, but we actually banished thought.”

Thinking World Care Given Fear Information Paper Expected Behave Information Society

Book:Michael Crichton's Jurassic World

Source: Michael Crichton's Jurassic World

“In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.”

Thinking Literature Decision Information Paper Information Society

Book:Michael Crichton's Jurassic World

Source: Michael Crichton's Jurassic World

“The research carried out in the area of language technology is of utmost importance for the consolidation of Portuguese as a language of global communication in the information society.”

Language Technology Information Communication Research Areas Importance Portuguese Consolidation Information Society

Author:Pedro Passos Coelho

“It is intolerable that around 1 in 5 of the world's adults are illiterate. How can we build equitable information societies or thriving democracies if so many remain without the basic tools of literacy?”

Ifs World Education Democracy Information Adults Tools Educational Literacy Illiterate Equitable Information Society

Author:Koichiro Matsuura

“It's possible to live without the Web. It's not possible to live without water. But if you've got water, then the difference between somebody who is connected to the Web and is part of the information society, and someone who (is not) is growing bigger and bigger.”

Ifs Water Differences Growing Information Bigger Connected Information Society

Author:Tim Berners-Lee

“An efficient telecommunications network is the foundation upon which an information society is built.”

Information Built Foundation Efficient Telecommunications Information Society

Author:Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

“I've been talking about the centrality of libraries in our information society for a while now.”

Talking Information Library Information Society

Author:Matthew Lesko

“In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.”

People Growing Information Tools Mere Profit Prime Amenities Information Society

Book:Re-Inventing the Corporation

Source: Re-Inventing the Corporation

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