“During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” StatesUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesStupidInternetPoliticianCreatingCongressRacistInitiativeGoreReally StupidDumb LiberalWorld Wide WebStupid LiberalReally DumbInternet TechnologyInternet Users Author:Al Gore
“Jamaica is more than just the 'brand' the world recognizes so well; it's a place of pride for the people who live here, its educational institutions, its sports achievements, its science and technology growth.” PeopleWorldWellsCountryScienceSportsGrowthTechnologyPridePoliticianAchievementInstitutionsEducationalBrandsScience And TechnologyJamaicaEducational Institutions Author:Portia Simpson-Miller
“It does not help that some politicians and journalists assume the public is interested only in those aspects of science that promise immediate practical applications to technology or medicine.” DoeHelpingTechnologyPoliticianPromiseAspectMedicineAssumingPracticalsJournalistApplication Author:Steven Weinberg
“I feel like throughout history we've heard bullshit from politicians, but now we're at the perfect intersection of technology and entertainment where we can, in real time, produce something that holds people accountable. That's an exciting time to be living in.” PeopleFeelsRealPerfectTechnologyHeardProducePoliticianExcitingEntertainmentBullshitIntersections Author:Morgan Spurlock
“Drons change the way politicians think about war. You already have society's barriers against war dropping, and now you have a technology that takes the barriers to the ground. We can carry it out without having to deal with some of the consequences of sending our sons and daughters into harm's way.” ThinkingWayWarDealsTechnologySonPoliticianDaughterConsequenceHarmBarriersDroppingSon And DaughterAgainst War Author:P. W. Singer
“Even before the agricultural revolution began in the Fertile Crescent about 10,000 years ago, humans had learned how to work with new technology. Those who could not or would not eventually became priests, politicians, and bureaucrats.” YearsHumansTechnologyRevolutionPoliticianYears AgoPriestsNew TechnologyFertileBureaucratsCrescent Author:G. Harry Stine
“I think more to the point, these pivotal times means something other than a politician. I understand the economy. I understand the world. I have a lot of foreign policy experience. I understand bureaucracies. I understand technology, and I understand leadership.” ThinkingWorldMeanTechnologyEconomyPolicyPoliticianForeign PolicyBureaucracyPivotal Author:Carly Fiorina
“The technology is available to us today to begin the transition to 100 percent renewable energy. What is keeping us from making that transition is nothing more than misinformation, a lack of knowledge by most people of what is available, and an unwillingness on the part of many of our politicians for either ideological slavishness or something more self-serving, like major campaign contributions from the oil and gas corporations or from utilities who enjoy the monopoly they have on our energy systems.” PeopleSelfTodayEnergyEnjoyTechnologyPoliticianMajorsPercentAvailableOilCampaignsCorporationsContributionGasServingTransitionMonopolyUtilityIdeologicalRenewable EnergyMisinformationSelf ServingOil And GasLack Of KnowledgeCampaign Contributions Author:Mark Ruffalo
“I'm not a politician, and I do not think I am as effective in this way as people who actually prepare for it - is to focus on technical reform, because I speak the language of technology. I spoke with Tim Berners-Lee, the guy who invented the World Wide Web. We agree on the necessity for this generation to create what he calls the Magna Carta for the Internet. We want to say what "digital rights" should be. What values should we be protecting, and how do we assert them.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantShouldGuyValuesSpeakLanguageTechnologyFocusRightsGenerationsInternetPoliticianAgreeWideReformDigitalSpokesThis GenerationWorld Wide WebMagna Carta Author:Edward Snowden