Human beings are attracted to novelty: to probe the 'adjacent possible.' We didn't stay in the caves. We didn't stay on the planet, and soon we won't stay within the limitations of our biology. We move forward. We transcend our… — 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 us solve and transcend problems, limitations and obstacles. — 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 Image
If you use it intelligently, Twitter can be a form of engineered serendipity. — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst. — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
