“Viewing the web as a platform for generosity is very different than seeing an opportunity to turn it into an ATM machine.” DifferentTurnsOpportunitySeeingMachinesGenerosityPlatformsAtmAtm Machines Author:Seth Godin
“To me, every kitchen appliance is useful and nothing's overrated. When I look at my little espresso machine, I don't see coffee. I see a steaming valve as an opportunity to make amazing creme brulee.” LooksLittlesOpportunityMachinesCoffeeKitchenOverratedAppliancesEspressoValveCreme Brulee Author:Grant Achatz
“I saw opportunity appear in an ugly six-spindle shake machine ... and grabbed it.” OpportunitySawsSixMachinesUglyShakes Author:Ray Kroc
“Singularity will be an opt-in scenario for human beings, especially as we draw closer to it. The more that we have the opportunity to interface with and combine ourselves with machines and machinery and electronics - those will all be opt-in moments. Would you choose to have some sort of brain implant? Would you choose to have Google Glasses installed in your eyes? It's all an approach; it's all a glide path to the moment of genuine singularity; genuine artificial intelligence.” HumansMomentsEyeOpportunityHuman BeingsBrainPathApproachDrawsMachinesGlassesGenuineArtificial IntelligenceYou ChooseArtificialGoogleMachineryScenariosSingularityInterfacesElectronicsImplantsGoogle Glass Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“We have a great elaborate machine which I feel has to be completely dismantled - in order to do that we need people who understand how the machine works - the mass media - unparalleled opportunity.” PeopleNeedsFeelsOrderOpportunityMediaMassMachinesMass Media Author:William S. Burroughs
“There is one other error in the Gondsman's line of resoning, I believe, on ap urely emotional level. If machines replace achievement, then to what will people aspire? And who are we, truly, without such goals? Beware the engineers of society, I say, who would make everyone in all the world equal. Opportunity should be equal, must be equal, but achievement must remain individual.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldBelieveOpportunityIndividualI BelieveGoalLinesLevelsEmotionalEqualAchievementMachinesErrorsEngineersAspireEqual Opportunity Author:R. A. Salvatore
“Arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, — finding things ready-made for a machine to record, and of course the mechanics of the medium. I say that chance enters into all branches of art.” MayArtMadeRealityCoursesOpportunitySoundLinesChanceRecordsReadyFineElementsFindingsPhotographyMusicianArgumentMachinesPhotographerMediumsPainterCombinationPhrasesBranchesMelodyTrendsCompositionMechanicSurroundingsFine Arts Author:Edward Weston