Center stage Quote by Tim O'Reilly

If we look at the life cycle of technologies, we see an early period of over-enthusiasm, then a 'bust' when disillusionment sets in, followed…

— Ray Kurzweil

“I wonder if a person can ever really shake where they come from”

— Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

“The technology has become like a phantom limb, it is so much a part of them. These young people are among the first to…

— Sherry Turkle

“The more technology we develop, the more people learn to withdraw from the real world.”

— T.W. Piperbrook

“Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it.”

— Rollo May

“Lean thinking presumes that everything can be improved continuously, without end. If”

— Paul A. Akers

“Hidden in the physical work space, in the user's words, and in the tools they use are the beautiful gems of knowledge that can…

— Jon Kolko

“Ecstatic technology isn't limited to silicon chips and display screens. As John Lilly's early research established, it's the knowledge of how to tweak the…

— Steven Kotler

“Technology is the knack of arranging the world in such a way that you don't have to experience it.”

— Max Frisch

“I have reached far beyond my competence and have probably secured for good a reputation for flamboyant gestures. But the times still crowd me…

— Ernest Becker

“We kind of missed the boat on that," he recalled. " So we needed to catch up real fast." The mark of an innovative…

— Walter Isaacson

“And again and again I have to remind myself the whole art of life is to lean on people, to involve oneself with them…

— Christopher Isherwood