Fear Quote by John Brockman

“The black expanse over our heads promise places where our industries can use resource extraction, zero-gravity manufacturing, better communications, perhaps even energy harvested in…

— John Brockman

“If the concept that technologies have biases were to become common knowledge, we could implement them consciously and purposefully. If we don’t bring this…

— John Brockman

“Narcissistic leaders. The ultimate weapon of mass destruction is a state. When a state is taken over by a leader with the classic triad…

— John Brockman

“Adolescence is a period of life when the brain is malleable, and it represents a good opportunity for learning and social development. However, according…

— John Brockman

“Happy brains are all alike; every unhappy brain is unhappy in its own way.”

— John Brockman

“Sometimes science fiction does become scientific discovery.”

— John Brockman

“But discoveries are what usually egg us on. Not finding anything would be very bad indeed.”

— John Brockman

“But there is another case for curating as a vanguard activity for the twenty-first century. As the artist Tino Sehgal has pointed out, modern…

— John Brockman

“Really tapping into our inner vision and inner child might not make us happier or better adjusted, but it might make us appreciate just…

— John Brockman

“twice as many people in India have access to cell phones as to latrines.”

— John Brockman

“Kakonomics (from the Greek, the economics of the worst) describes cases wherein people not only have the standard preference for receiving high-quality goods and…

— John Brockman

“Change is the law. Stability and consistency are illusions, temporary in any case, a heroic achievement of human will and persistence at best. When…

— John Brockman