“The fact that we have not yet found the slightest evidence for life - much less intelligence - beyond this Earth does not surprise or disappoint me in the least. Our technology must still be laughably primitive, we may be like jungle savages listening for the throbbing of tom-toms while the ether around them carries more words per second than they could utter in a lifetime.” MayDoeStillsFactsEarthFoundTechnologyListeningEvidenceSurpriseLifetimeCarrieTomsPrimitiveSavagesJungleDisappoint Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“I think there's a lot of power in listening to one person talking to you. And this should never be underestimated.One person sitting and talking to you and, you're pulled in, in ways that technology and art and all cannot.” ThinkingWayShouldPersonsArtTalkingTechnologyListeningSittingUnderestimated Author:Garrison Keillor
“I view the United States, today, much like East Berlin. And I'm off the grid. I've tried for 20 years to warn the country about the Democrats and Republicans, and nobody's listening.” YearsCountryStatesTodayPoliticalPoliticsCommunityUnitedViewsPartyTechnologyUnited StatesDemocracyGenerationsPolicyListeningRepublicanEthicsDemocratHuman RightsIndividualityTerrorismEastIdeologyFree SpeechPolitical PartiesDisobedienceBerlinCivil DisobedienceGridsEast Berlin Author:Jesse Ventura
“In a world where the great technologies enable us to record, replay, cut and paste, zoom in, and delete, listening is the crucial commitment to keep the heart touchable.” WorldHeartTechnologyRecordsCuttingListeningCommitmentCrucialReplayZoomGreat Technology Book:Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What Is Sacred Source: Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What Is Sacred
“Whenever there's a new music, there's a new way of listening. And whenever there's a new way of listening, there are new musics that follow from that. And people start listening differently - that can either mean in different places or at different volumes or in different social groups or through different technologies.” PeopleWayMeanDifferentSocialTechnologyGroupsListeningNew WaysVolumeDifferent PlaceNew MusicSocial Groups Author:Brian Eno
“Technology is helping more and more deaf people hear, but here at Gallaudet, we focus on learning and achieving-not on listening. So I would still say deaf people can do anything, except hear.” PeopleStillsHelpingCan DoTechnologyFocusAchieveListeningDeafGallaudet Author:I. King Jordan
“Electronic technology has been a part of music making and music listening for a century. We always treat it like it's new, and cutting edge, but it's actually omnipresent, so we should just treat it as part of the arsenal today.” TodayTechnologyCuttingListeningCutting Edge Author:Vijay Iyer
“We think of music as this substance that flows - you turn on the tap, and there it is, streaming off your computer - but that's not how we evolved as a species. We evolved to listen to each other, and the reason we're able to listen to music in the terms is talking about is because we're really good at listening to each other. But this kind of technology has allowed us to forget that music is the sound of each other.” ThinkingKindReasonTermForgetTechnologyListeningComputerMusic IsListening To MusicStreaming Author:Vijay Iyer