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> [We live in a world where, for whatever reason, the conversations that tend to stick are the ones where 'if it bleeds, it leads.' But we've always been afraid of new technologies in spite of the fact that they've helped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/we-live-in-a-world-where-for-whatever-reason-the-conversations-that/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

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## More by Jason Silva

> [Technology is, of course, a double edged sword. Fire can cook our food but also burn us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/technology-is-of-course-a-double-edged-sword-fire-can-cook-our-food/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [If you use it intelligently, Twitter can be a form of engineered serendipity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/if-you-use-it-intelligently-twitter-can-be-a-form-of-engineered/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [I think that human beings have gotten as far as we've gotten because of our adaptability, our ability to adapt, and our ability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/i-think-that-human-beings-have-gotten-as-far-as-we-ve-gotten-because/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [There is always this interesting relationship we have with technology. When we invented writing Socrates used to say it was going to rot our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/there-is-always-this-interesting-relationship-we-have-with-technology/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/i-always-tell-people-that-revelling-in-big-ideas-for-me-is-kind-of/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [We didn't stay in the caves. We haven't stayed on the planet. With biotechnology, gene sequencing, we are not going to even stay within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/we-didn-t-stay-in-the-caves-we-haven-t-stayed-on-the-planet-with/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [Movies have these transcendent moments where everything is just right, from the dialogue to the music to the lighting to the narrative context; everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/movies-have-these-transcendent-moments-where-everything-is-just-right/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [Imagination allows us to conceive of delightful future possibilities, pick the most amazing one, and pull the present forward to meet it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/imagination-allows-us-to-conceive-of-delightful-future-possibilities/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [It's kind of depressing when you hear the anti-science rhetoric in America, but I think that people are just afraid of change, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/it-s-kind-of-depressing-when-you-hear-the-anti-science-rhetoric-in/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/i-m-not-a-religious-person-but-when-i-look-at-a-beautiful-cathedral/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [The phone is gonna disappear. Maybe it will be a bracelet. After the bracelet it will be a blood cell sized device that maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/the-phone-is-gonna-disappear-maybe-it-will-be-a-bracelet-after-the/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [Awe is the best drug in the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/awe-is-the-best-drug-in-the-world/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [Imagine something a million times more powerful than your smartphone that is the size of a brain cell interfacing with your biological neurons. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/imagine-something-a-million-times-more-powerful-than-your-smartphone/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [I prefer the word 'journeyman' to 'journalist' because I think that certainly, when you hear a story, you want to hear certain facts. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/i-prefer-the-word-journeyman-to-journalist-because-i-think-that/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

> [I think one of the both liberating and terrifying prospects from synthetic biology for example is that you are going to have all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/i-think-one-of-the-both-liberating-and-terrifying-prospects-from/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

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