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Technology Quotes by Neil Postman
- Embedded in every technology there is a powerful idea, sometimes two or three powerful ideas. Like language itself, a technology predisposes us to favor and…
- The effects of technology are always unpredictable. But they are not always inevitable.
- It is inescapable that every culture must negotiate with technology, whether it does so intelligently or not. A bargain is struck in which technology giveth…
- It is a mistake to suppose that any technological innovation has a one-sided effect. Every technology is both a burden and a blessing; not either-or,…
- If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use technology…
- The shock of twentieth-century technology numbed our brains and we are just beginning to notice the spiritual and social debris that our technology has strewn…
- Cyberspace' is a metaphorical idea which is supposed to be the space where your consciousness is located when you're using computer technology on the Internet,…
- I am not a Luddite. I am suspicious of technology. I am perfectly aware of its benefits, but I also try to pay attention to…
- I don't think any of us can do much about the rapid growth of new technology. A new technology helps to fuel the economy, and…
- Technology always has unforeseen consequences, and it is not always clear, at the beginning, who or what will win, and who or what will lose...
- Nothing could be more misleading than the idea that computer technology introduced the age of information. The printing press began that age, and we have…
- But it is much later in the game now, and ignorance of the score is inexcusable. To be unaware that a technology comes equipped with…
More Technology Quotes
- Here you have a new technology, and if that technology is going to work, you must allow people to provide central indexes… — David Boies
- We have some material on spying by a major government on the tech industry. Industrial espionage. — Julian Assange
- 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
- Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow. — Margaret Atwood
- Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we… — J. G. Ballard
- The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it. — John Perry Barlow
- Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. — John Perry Barlow
- Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions. — Dave Barry