Comfort Quote by B. F. Skinner

Over a long period of time, technological change is something that has been important in reducing manufacturing employment - absolutely and as a share…

— Janet Yellen

Technology plows through history at an accelerating rate, shifting the burden of production off labor into the nonhuman factor because man uses his highest…

— Louis O. Kelso

...[D]ivision of labor, in my mind, is one of the dangers of work-based technology. Modern IT infrastructure allows us to break projects into very…

— Dan Ariely

“There has not been a piece of technology designed to save labor that has not increased labor,”

— Wayne Gladstone

In diminishing the role of the worker's body in the labor process, industrial technology has also tended to diminish the importance of the worker.…

— Shoshana Zuboff

In the name of economy a thousand wasteful devices would be invented; and in the name of efficiency new forms of mechanical time-wasting would…

— Lewis Mumford

This present system by which industry is motivated exclusively by the quest for maximal profits - though it may have helped a great deal…

— Benjamin Spock

The promise of energy savings, reduced carbon emissions and affordable lighting was there from the inception. The proliferation of the technology into areas such…

— Shuji Nakamura

The technology is not an end in itself: it is a tool. It can make it easier for us to communicate or manage our…

— Taavet Hinrikus

Technology and robotics are advancing and will reduce the need for workers in the future.

— Jan C. Ting

Effective use of technology is important to deliver healthcare. By leveraging technology, you can bring down lack of access and cost of healthcare.

— N. R. Narayana Murthy

The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.

— Charles Babbage