“As the technology matures, it becomes less and less relevant. The technology is taken for granted. Now, new customers enter the marketplace, customers who are not captivated by technology, but who instead want reliability, convenience, no fuss or bother, and low cost.” WantTechnologyTakenCostLowsCustomersGrantedBotherRelevantConvenienceMarketplaceTaken For GrantedReliabilityCaptivated Author:Donald A. Norman
“What has not been clear is that the potential of this emergency-born technology has always accrued to human's prewar individual initiatives taken in a humble but irrepressible progression of assumptions, measurements, deductions, and codifications of pure science.” HumansIndividualBornTechnologyTakenClearPureHumbleAssumptionInitiativeEmergenciesMeasurementProgressionDeductionsIrrepressible Book:Earth, Inc. Source: Earth, Inc.
“My fear, is that we are becoming so dependent on technology that if it was all taken away for some reason, some big incident, that we are losing our ability to function without it.” IfsReasonBigsAbilityTechnologyTakenBecomingLosingFunctionDependentIncidents Author:Bruce Boxleitner
“I embrace technology and I just think that in 1984 when James Cameron wrote about the technology, everyone thought he was totally way out there and it was science fiction. Now it's almost reality what he talked about. The machines have taken over, except they have not become self-aware, like in Terminator. So this is really one thing that we have to watch out for, but I think technology is good.” ThinkingWaySelfRealityFictionWatchesTechnologyTakenOne ThingMachinesScience FictionEmbraceCameron Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Technology has taken its toll on albums in a tough way. The CD format and MTV really played havoc on artists.” WayArtistTechnologyTakenToughAlbumsCdsFormatTollsMtvHavoc Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“Why are oil prices so low? First, energy consumption growth rates in developing markets have decreased. This is particularly noticeable in China. Second, new technologies are being developed and the shale gas revolution in the USA has taken place” FirstsEnergyGrowthTechnologyTakenRevolutionLowsRateChinaOilDevelopingUsaGasConsumptionNew TechnologyOil PriceEnergy Consumption Author:Kenneth Rogoff
“The reason it has taken so long for the robotics industry to move forward is because people keep trying to make something that is cool but difficult to achieve rather than trying to find solutions to actual human problems. Technology can be extremely expensive if you don't focus.” PeopleIfsTryingHumansLongReasonProblemMovingDifficultTechnologyTakenFocusAchieveIndustrySolutionsMoving ForwardExpensiveKeep TryingRoboticsHuman Problems Author:Colin Angle