Human beings are attracted to novelty: to probe the 'adjacent possible.' We didn't stay in the caves. We didn't stay on the… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
We have all kinds of limitations as human beings. I mean we can't see the whole electromagnetic spectrum; we can't see the… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
Techno-optimism is a belief in the power of technology to extend our sphere of possibilities and, ultimately, a belief that technology helps… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
Technology is, of course, a double edged sword. Fire can cook our food but also burn us. — Jason Silva Copy Share
If you use it intelligently, Twitter can be a form of engineered serendipity. — Jason Silva Copy Share
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… — Jason Silva Copy Share
There is always this interesting relationship we have with technology. When we invented writing Socrates used to say it was going to rot our… — Jason Silva Copy Share
I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst. — Jason Silva Copy Share
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… — Jason Silva Copy Share
Movies have these transcendent moments where everything is just right, from the dialogue to the music to the lighting to the narrative context; everything… — Jason Silva Copy Share
Imagination allows us to conceive of delightful future possibilities, pick the most amazing one, and pull the present forward to meet it. — Jason Silva Copy Share
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… — Jason Silva Copy Share
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,… — Jason Silva Copy Share
The phone is gonna disappear. Maybe it will be a bracelet. After the bracelet it will be a blood cell sized device that maybe… — Jason Silva Copy Share
Imagine something a million times more powerful than your smartphone that is the size of a brain cell interfacing with your biological neurons. That… — Jason Silva Copy Share
I prefer the word 'journeyman' to 'journalist' because I think that certainly, when you hear a story, you want to hear certain facts. But… — Jason Silva Copy Share
I think one of the both liberating and terrifying prospects from synthetic biology for example is that you are going to have all of… — Jason Silva Copy Share
