“The major problems facing the development of products that are safer, less prone to error, and easier to use and understand are not technological: they are social and organizational.” UseProblemSocialProductsDevelopmentEasierMajorsErrorsTechnologicalOrganizationalMajor Problems Author:Donald A. Norman
“The Soviet Union and its empire disappeared in large part because its smokestack economy could no longer keep up with the technological progress of the world's major economic powers.” WorldEconomyProgressEconomicMajorsUnionsEmpiresSovietTechnologicalSoviet UnionEconomic PowerTechnological Progress Book:The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition) Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)
“Europe is not one of the major powers. And Africa even less so of course. But Africa has what Europe lacks: space, human resources, and natural resources while Europe has the technological innovation that Africa lacks. Together we can become a power which can count in the future.” HumansTogetherCoursesNaturalSpaceMajorsResourcesEuropeInnovationTechnologicalNatural ResourcesHuman ResourcesTogether We Can Author:Abdoulaye Wade
“Virtually every major technological advance in the history of the human species- back to the invention of stone tools and the domestication of fire has been ethically ambiguous. If you want to reason about faith, and offer a reasoned (and reason responsive) defense of faith as an extra category of belief worthy of special consideration, I'm eager to play. I certainly grant the existence of the phenomenon of faith; what I want to see is a reasoned ground for taking faith seriously as a way of getting to the truth , and not, say, just as a way people comfort themselves and each other” PeopleIfsWayWantHumansHas BeensReasonPlayBeliefExistenceFireSpecialComfortOffersMajorsToolsStonesSpeciesWorthyDefenseInventionExtrasConsiderationGrantsPhenomenonCategoriesTechnologicalAmbiguousHuman Species Author:Daniel Dennett
“The current information revolution is a cultural revolution, a social revolution, a thoroughgoing technological revolution that involves not just information, but labor, leisure, entertainment, communication, education, culture and thus is part of a major cultural and social shift.” CultureSocialInformationCommunicationRevolutionMajorsLaborCurrentsEntertainmentLeisureTechnologicalSocial Revolution Author:Bill Gates
“If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will be a major challenge for libraries to adapt their content and services to such a diverse technological environment.” IfsImportantChallengesEnvironmentInformationCommunicationMajorsLibraryWideDevicesUsersDiverseTechnologicalAnticipate Author:Tom Peters
“A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run.” LongRunningMajorsConsequenceLong RunsTechnologicalUnderestimated Author:Francis Collins