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Computers Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff
- Brains are tricky and adaptable organs. For all the 'neuroplasticity' allowing our brains to reconfigure themselves to the biases of our computers, we are just…
- Everyone knows, or should know, that everything we type on our computers or say into our cell phones is being disseminated throughout the datasphere. And…
- Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search - and then monetizing search with advertising. And Apple did a great job humanizing…
- People are seduced by signals from the world, but that is manipulation, not reality. Computers have learned more about us than we've learned about them.
- Technology has moved away from sharing and toward ownership. This suits software and hardware companies just fine: They create new, bloated programs that require more…
- The early cyberpunk idea was that networked computers would let us do our work at home, as freelancers, and then transact directly with peers over…
- The reason why Apple computers have worked so well over time is that, unlike Microsoft, they don't bend over backward to be compatible with every…
- When Steve Jobs toured Xerox PARC and saw computers running the first operating system that used Windows and a mouse, he assumed he was looking…
- Computers don't kill books; people do.
More Computers Quotes
- All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are… — Isaac Asimov
- A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. — Daniel J. Boorstin
- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
- One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine
- Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality is no longer going to be… — J. G. Ballard
- To better understand why you need a personal computer, let's take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life. — Dave Barry
- There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. — Ken Olsen
- The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. — Edsger Dijkstra