“With existing technology, we can enforce airport security without sacrificing our personal privacy.” TechnologySacrificeSecurityPrivacyAirportsAirport SecurityPersonal Privacy Author:Tom Udall
“It isn't pleasant to surrender to the hegemony of a nation which is still wild and primitive, and to concede the absolute superiority of its customs and institutions, science and technology, literature and art. Must one sacrifice so much in the name of the unity of mankind?” ArtStillsLiteratureNamesNationsTechnologySacrificeMankindAbsolutesInstitutionsUnitySurrenderPleasantCustomsPrimitiveSuperiorityScience And TechnologyHegemonyLiterature And Art Author:Czeslaw Milosz
“Admittedly, we must move ahead with the development of our land resources. Likewise, our technology must be refined. But in the long run life will succeed only in a life-giving environment, and we can no longer afford unnecessary sacrifices of living space and natural landscape to 'progress.'” GivingLongRunningMovingNaturalSpaceTechnologyEnvironmentProgressSacrificeLandDevelopmentSucceedResourcesLandscapeLong RunsUnnecessaryRefinedMoving Ahead Author:Stewart Udall
“The more we expect technology to protect us from people in the same way it protects us from nature, the more we will sacrifice the very values of our society in futile attempts to achieve this security.” PeopleWayValuesTechnologySacrificeAchieveSecurityProtectOur Society Author:Bruce Schneier
“When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?” PeopleThinkingMadeTechnologyPlansSacrificeFieldsLaboratoryDefence Author:Abdul Kalam
“Cities should function more like ecosystems, or even metabolisms. When we build, we should be thinking about how we can integrate into the ecosystems around us, but without sacrificing all the niceties of civilization like good restaurants, concert halls, and high-speed Internet access. I'm saying that partly tongue-in-cheek, but I'm also deadly serious. The future of technology is sustainable ecology.” ThinkingShouldCitiesTechnologySacrificeSeriousInternetCivilizationFunctionTongueSpeedAccessRestaurantsHallsConcertsCheeksEcologyIntegratingEcosystemsHigh SpeedMetabolismNicetiesTongue In CheekInternet Access Author:Annalee Newitz
“Industry, technology, and commerce can thrive only as long as an idealistic national community offers the necessary preconditions. And these do not lie in material egoism, but in a spirit of sacrifice and joyful renunciation.” LongSpiritLyingCommunityTechnologySacrificeMaterialsIndustryOffersThriveJoyfulCommerceEgoismRenunciationIdealisticNational Community Book:Mein Kampf Source: Mein Kampf