“Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to do their thinking and solving for them, the less practice there is left for their own brains.” PeopleThinkingDoeLeftCommonBrainPracticeTechnologyPromiseCivilizationIntelligentContraryRelyAdvanced Technology Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The promise of technology is to remove the division between culture and nature. Whatever part of nature that is left over as an independent force is covered by the technological bluff, which refers it to the agenda of the future and disguises the deficiencies of the present.” CultureLeftForceTechnologyPromiseIndependentRemoveAgendasDivisionCoveredDisguiseTechnologicalDeficiencyBluffs Author:Donald Phillip Verene
“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
“Technology isn't fulfilling its promise of unlimited progress and solving every problem through technology. With the Enlightenment and its aftermath, there already was a general loss of confidence in the Western religions.” ProblemLossTechnologyProgressPromiseEnlightenmentWesternFulfillingUnlimitedAftermath Author:Thomas Keating
“I think integrative medicine, something I've pioneered, is the way of the future. Its great promise is that it can reduce healthcare costs by shifting the whole focus of healthcare away from disease management to health promotion and prevention. They can do that two ways: first, by focusing attention on lifestyle medicine, which is very deficient. And second, by bringing into the mainstream treatments that are lower cost because they are not dependent on expensive technology.” ThinkingWayFirstsTwoWholeCan DoAttentionTechnologyFocusPromiseCostDiseaseManagementMedicineLifestyleExpensiveDependentTreatmentHealthcareMainstreamPromotionShiftingTwo WaysPreventionHealth Promotion Author:Andrew Weil
“Digital ink technology holds substantial promise in terms of legibility, portability, and power consumption, but I am less confident about the communication aspect.” TermTechnologyCommunicationPromiseAspectDigitalConsumptionInkLegibilityPortability Author:Tom Peters
“Technology promises to let us do anything from anywhere with anyone. But it also drains us as we try to do everything everywhere. In a surprising twist, relentless connection leads to a new solitude.” TryingTechnologyPromiseSolitudeRelentless Author:Terrence McNally
“If people are being left behind, impoverished economically or even culturally, they will always be easily targeted by demagogues of any stripe, exploiting their hate and fear and making impossible promises. That impoverishment is more likely if we fight a doomed battle against automation and new technology, when what those people need most is the ambitious new tech that is the only proven way to create sustainable industries and jobs.” PeopleHateFightingTechnologyImpossiblePromiseBattleAmbitiousLeft BehindNew TechnologyStripes Author:Garry Kasparov
“I've been working in computer animation for 25 years. I'm obviously a devotee of the technology. I just think it's the one aspect of the medium that's going to continue to revolutionize the filmmaking. It's constantly changing and it's constantly opening up new possibilities. The technology is evolving where 2-D animation was ultimately limited by how long you could pay how many people to make a movie. I mean computers, not that it's in anyway a labor saving device, but it promises to open up exciting new technical possibilites.” PeopleThinkingMeanLongTechnologyPossibilityPromiseComputerLaborExcitingEvolveFilmmakingAnimation Author:Chris Wedge
“Sometimes a technology is so awe-inspiring that the imagination runs away with it - often far, far away from reality. Robots are like that. A lot of big and ultimately unfulfilled promises were made in robotics early on, based on preliminary successes.” MadeSometimesBigsRealityRunningImaginationTechnologyPromiseAweRunning AwayFar AwayRobotsRoboticsAwe Inspiring Author:Daniel H. Wilson