--- title: "14 Our Quotes By Jason Silva" description: "14 Our quotes by Jason Silva. Plus more from Jason Silva and more Our sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/jason-silva-8140_about_as-technology-continues-to-increase-our_1115700.jpg" --- > [As technology continues to increase our possibilities, what we're seeing is a shrinking of the lag time between what we dream about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/as-technology-continues-to-increase-our-possibilities-what-we-re/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/jason-silva-8140_about_as-technology-continues-to-increase-our_1115700.jpg) > [Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, well move from passive, conditioned thinking to being co-creators of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/once-we-realize-the-extraordinary-power-we-have-to-compose-our-lives/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/jason-silva-8140_being_once-we-realize-the-extraordinary-power_1397897.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/jason-silva-8140_also_technology-is-of-course-a-double-edged-s_48995.png) > [We are gods. Our tools make us gods. In symbiosis with our technology, our powers are expanding exponentially and so, too, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/we-are-gods-our-tools-make-us-gods-in-symbiosis-with-our-technology/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/jason-silva-8140_expanding_we-are-gods-our-tools-make-us-gods-in-sy_1360024.png) > [Techno-optimism is a belief in the power of technology to extend our sphere of possibilities and, ultimately, a belief that technology helps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/techno-optimism-is-a-belief-in-the-power-of-technology-to-extend-our/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afa/jason-silva-8140_belief_techno-optimism-is-a-belief-in-the-power_3090826.png) > [Human beings are attracted to novelty: to probe the 'adjacent possible.' We didn't stay in the caves. We didn't stay on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/human-beings-are-attracted-to-novelty-to-probe-the-adjacent-possible/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/jason-silva-8140_attracted_human-beings-are-attracted-to-novelty-to_1867239.png) > [We must not be afraid to push boundaries; instead, we should leverage our science and our technology, together with our creativity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/we-must-not-be-afraid-to-push-boundaries-instead-we-should-leverage/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/jason-silva-8140_afraid_we-must-not-be-afraid-to-push-boundaries_1357142.png) > [Consciousness, when it's unburdened by the body, is something that's ecstatic; we use the mind to watch the mind, and that's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/consciousness-when-it-s-unburdened-by-the-body-is-something-that-s/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/jason-silva-8140_becomes_consciousness-when-it-s-unburdened-by-th_1038189.jpg) > [We live in a world where, for whatever reason, the conversations that tend to stick are the ones where 'if it bleeds,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/jason-silva-8140_afraid_we-live-in-a-world-where-for-whatever-re_1104012.png) > [Technology sometimes gets a bad rap because of certain consequences that it's had on the environment and unforeseen problems, but we shouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/technology-sometimes-gets-a-bad-rap-because-of-certain-consequences/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/jason-silva-8140_bad_technology-sometimes-gets-a-bad-rap-beca_616192.png) > [I basically look at how exponential emerging technological changes runs counter-intuitive to the way our linear brains make projections about change, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/i-basically-look-at-how-exponential-emerging-technological-changes/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/jason-silva-8140_about_i-basically-look-at-how-exponential-emer_1897580.jpg) > [We're the first technology-creating species. We use technology to extend our reach. We didn't stay in the caves, and we haven't stayed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/we-re-the-first-technology-creating-species-we-use-technology-to/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/jason-silva-8140_about_we-re-the-first-technology-creating-spec_1837726.jpg) > [My mode of presentation is short-form video - basically I create fast cut, impassioned 'idea explainers' that explode with enthusiasm and intensity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/my-mode-of-presentation-is-short-form-video-basically-i-create-fast/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/jason-silva-8140_basically_my-mode-of-presentation-is-short-form-vi_2870833.jpg) > [We have all kinds of limitations as human beings. I mean we can't see the whole electromagnetic spectrum; we can't see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/we-have-all-kinds-of-limitations-as-human-beings-i-mean-we-can-t-see-2/) [Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/jason-silva-8140_beings_we-have-all-kinds-of-limitations-as-huma_2308879.png) ## Other authors on Our ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our/jason-silva/#itemlist", "name": "14 Our Quotes By Jason Silva", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As technology continues to increase our possibilities, what we're seeing is a shrinking of the lag time between what we dream about and what we create.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jason Silva" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/as-technology-continues-to-increase-our-possibilities-what-we-re/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/jason-silva-8140_about_as-technology-continues-to-increase-our_1115700.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/jason-silva-8140_about_as-technology-continues-to-increase-our_1115700.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/jason-silva-8140_about_as-technology-continues-to-increase-our_1115700.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As technology continues to increase our possibilities, what we're seeing is a shrinking of the lag time…” — Jason Silva", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, well move from passive, conditioned thinking to being co-creators of our fate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jason Silva" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/once-we-realize-the-extraordinary-power-we-have-to-compose-our-lives/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/jason-silva-8140_being_once-we-realize-the-extraordinary-power_1397897.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/jason-silva-8140_being_once-we-realize-the-extraordinary-power_1397897.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/jason-silva-8140_being_once-we-realize-the-extraordinary-power_1397897.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, well move from passive, conditioned…” — Jason Silva", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Technology is, of course, a double edged sword. 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