“In my book ["Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age], I argue that we're vulnerable to technologies.There's a 40 percent decline in all markers for empathy among college students, with most of it taking place in the past years.” YearsBookAgePastTechnologyStudentsCollegeConversationEmpathyPercentArguingVulnerableDigitalDeclineDigital AgeCollege StudentsMarkers Author:Judy Woodruff
“Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.” PayAttentionTechnologyTeacherSpecialStudentsEasierFeaturesDigitalDigital Technology Author:Bill Gates
“One paradox I have found is that, the more you use computers in picture-making, the more hand-made the picture becomes. Oddly, then, digital technology is leading, in my work at least, toward a greater reliance on handmaking because the assembly and montage of the various parts of the picture is done very carefully by hand.” MadeDoneUseHandsFoundTechnologyGreaterComputerVariousDigitalParadoxRelianceAssemblyDigital Technology Author:Jeff Wall
“... while in theory digital technology entails the flawless replication of data, its actual use in contemporary society is characterized by the loss of data, degradation, and noise; the noise which is even stronger than that of traditional photography.” UseLossTechnologyTheoryPhotographyStrongerContemporaryNoiseTraditionalDataDigitalDegradationFlawlessDigital TechnologyContemporary SocietyReplication Author:Lev Manovich
“When digital technology started becoming the norm, you've got 50, 60, 70 years of recordings on tapes that are just deteriorating. Like, a two-inch reel of recording tape won't last forever. It dissolves. It will disappear.” YearsTwoLastsTechnologyForeverBecomingDisappearDigitalInchesTapeNormDeterioratingDigital Technology Author:Dave Grohl
“I consider myself a digital artist, so what I'll do is create everything with technology.” ArtistTechnologyDigital Author:Kesh
“I'm not really satisfied with the technology today. Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital is still at the beginning of what it can be and they'll be fixing all those problems.” StillsProblemTodayFilmTechnologyEasierSatisfiedDigitalFixingDigital Technology Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I don't know the technology of digital cameras but apparently the shutter speed is so fast, and so high a resolution, that they are capturing these orbs whenever people are bringing in a lot of angel energy. They just want us to know that they have got our backs, that we're not alone there, that our prayers are heard, and they are helping us.” PeopleKnowsWantHelpingEnergyPrayerTechnologyHeardAngelCamerasSpeedDigitalResolutionWant UNot AloneOur PrayersShuttersOrbsDigital Cameras Author:Doreen Virtue
“Just in the past couple years, we've seen digital tools display skills and abilities that ... eat deeply into what we human beings do for a living.” YearsHumansPastHuman BeingsAbilityTechnologyCoupleSkillsToolsDigitalDisplaySkills And AbilitiesDigital Tools Author:Andrew McAfee
“We lost our way a long time ago with technology. Just because something is an advancement by going digital - that was a huge (expletive) mistake. It was a way for people to make money, but it sure didn't improve sound or quality of record making. It made it faster, cheaper, but it isn't as durable.” PeopleWayLongMadeLostSoundMistakeQualityTechnologyRecordsHugeLong TimeMade ItFasterMaking MoneyDigitalAdvancementLong Time AgoCheaper Author:John Mellencamp