“As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing.” ThinkingTryingHardForceTechnologyFiguresWindOur SocietyGale Author:Daniel H. Wilson
“People often pulled into Scientology want to address personal problems in their life, and Scientology says we have technology that addresses these kinds of problems. Just focusing on the problems and trying to remedy them can be helpful.” PeopleWantTryingKindProblemTechnologyAddressesHelpfulRemedyScientologyPersonal Problems Author:Lawrence Wright
“I am in the process of trying to decide whether I can make a substantive and productive contribution to the policy-making process. I was always there because I wanted to work on the pressing issues of the day - I'm interested in energy, I'm interested in the climate bill and technology policy.” TryingI CanWantedEnergyProcessTechnologyIssuesPolicyBillsClimateContributionProductivePolicy Making Author:Charles Bass
“For artists diving into a new technology, it is a triple short-cut to mastery: you get a free ride on the novelty of the medium; there are no previous masters to surpass; and after a few weeks, you are the master. Try that with the violin.” TryingArtistTechnologyCuttingWeekMastersMediumsMasteryNoveltyViolinNew TechnologyDivingShort Cuts Author:Stewart Brand
“My phone is trying to kill me. It is a battery-charged rectangle of disappointment and possibility. It is a technological pacifier.” TryingTechnologyPossibilityPhonesDisappointmentTechnologicalKill MeBatteriesRectanglesPacifiers Author:Amy Poehler
“The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and liberal arts, to be able to get the best of both.” TryingArtReasonAbleTechnologyProductsApplesIpadsIntersectionsLiberal Arts Author:Steve Jobs
“You've got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. You can't start with the technology and try to figure out where you're going to sell it.” TryingTechnologyFiguresSellsCustomersBackwardsCustomer Experience Author:Steve Jobs
“I think people are trying out ideas with the new technology and it's too early to say where it's going exactly. But again, whether it's digital or paper, it doesn't matter. It's words that somebody is reading and getting an experience out of that reading. That's all that really matters.” PeopleThinkingTryingIdeasMatterReadingTechnologyPaperDigitalNew Technology Author:Paul Auster