Technology Quote by Adam Alter Download Open image ““Addictive tech is part of the mainstream in a way that addictive substances never will be.”” — Adam Alter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Technology
“People addicted with technology. Technology has indulged mankind. Beware of technology dependency!” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“According to famed Silicon Valley investor Paul Graham, we haven’t had time to develop societal “antibodies to addictive new things.”[cxvii] Graham places responsibility on… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“We push the technology down an evolutionary path that results in the most addictive possible outcome. Yet even as we do this, it doesn’t… — Michael Harris Copy Share Image
“Always, endeavor, Slick, to keep a fix on the addiction industries: you can't lose. The addicts can't win. Dope, Liquor, gambling, anything video--these have… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
"We have tax revenue that's going to allow us to look in a much more comprehensive way at intervening in addiction." — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
We will hear more regrets from founders of tech companies about the addictive technologies they have launched. — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
“What is addiction? Only those that have been kept secret; are addictions. Those that are openly visible cannot be called addiction.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Addiction is only a hopeless attempt to deal with the pain of living cutoff from who we really are.” — Dragos Bratasanu Copy Share Image
“Addicts are brilliant liars, Inspector. They lie to themselves and then to everyone else. They’re in denial about their problem, and they are experts… — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
“Caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating as addiction itself.” — David Sheff Copy Share Image
“DNA evidence suggests that Neanderthals carried a gene known as DRD4-7R as long as forty thousand years ago. DRD4-7R is responsible for a constellation… — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
“Immersive tech like virtual reality inspires such rich emotions that it’s ripe for abuse. It’s still in its infancy, though, so it’s too soon… — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
“humans find the sweet spot sandwiched between “too easy” and “too difficult” irresistible. It’s the land of just-challenging-enough computer games, financial targets, work ambitions,… — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to exaggerate how much the “like” button changed the psychology of Facebook use. What had begun as a passive way to track… — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
“Tech isn’t morally good or bad until it’s wielded by the corporations that fashion it for mass consumption. Apps and platforms can be designed… — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
“Walter Isaacson, who ate dinner with the Jobs family while researching his biography of Steve Jobs, reports that “No one ever pulled out an… — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
“Super Mario Bros. hooks newcomers because there are no barriers to playing the game. You can know absolutely nothing about the Nintendo console and… — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
“Meanwhile, in 2015, there were 280 million smartphone addicts. If they banded together to form the “United States of Nomophobia,” it would be the… — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
“They’re distracting because they remind us of the world beyond the immediate conversation,” — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
“One recent study suggested that up to 40 percent of the population suffers from some form of Internet-based addiction, whether to email, gaming, or porn.” — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
“A behavior is addictive only if the rewards it brings now are eventually” — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
“Addiction originally meant a different kind of strong connection: in ancient Rome, being addicted meant you had just been sentenced to slavery.” — Adam Alter Copy Share Image
But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second… — Vikram Sarabhai Copy Share Image
“This story is not at all an uncommon one in tech circles, including gaming. The popular notion is that women who get ahead must… — Bailey Poland Copy Share Image
The time that one gains cannot be accumulated in a storehouse; it is contradictory to want to save up existence, which, the fact is,… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture,… — Christopher Bond Copy Share Image
“Economic growth continued by means of a succession of new products which found growing and ultimately massive demand. Some of the new products were… — Edward A. Hudson Copy Share Image
I had an idea for a technologically advanced luxury watch. I got involved in digital art and neon painting and put on shows of… — Giorgio Moroder Copy Share Image
What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've done all… — Wangechi Mutu Copy Share Image
The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“If Amazon’s dream of a world without gatekeepers becomes reality, then the company itself will become a powerful gatekeeper.” — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Real breakthroughs are not found because you want to develop some new technology, but because you are curious and want to find out how… — Anton Zeilinger Copy Share Image
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image