We can't really know ourselves because we have not created ourselves. But we can know computers, we can know cars, because anything that we made, we can understand. Terrance Hayes carcomputercreate Change image and share on social
Dad was very into electronics, robotics and computers, so I was interested in what he was doing. Rhianna Pratchett computerdadelectronic Change image and share on social
As computers have become more powerful, computer graphics have advanced to the point where it's possible to create photo-realistic images. The bottleneck wasn't, 'How do we make pixels prettier?' It was, 'How do we engage with them more?' Jefferson Han advancebottleneckcomputer share on social
Technologies evolve in the strangest ways. Computers were created to calculate ballistics equations, and now we use them to create amusing illusions. Creating amusing illusions is a big business if you play it right. Howard Rheingold amuseballisticbig share on social
Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do. Bill James airplaneautomobilecomputer Change image and share on social
Computers have proved to be formidable chess players. In fact, they've beaten our top human chess champions. Neil deGrasse Tyson beatchampionchess Change image and share on social
Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it's true, it's very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say... it would be for them to understand computers or going to the moon or something. Mark Rylance computerdifficultelizabethan share on social
Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. Jef Raskin complaincomputerexplode Change image and share on social
Fungible goods in economics can be extended and traded. So, half as much grain is half as much useful, but half a baby or half a computer is less useful than a whole baby or a whole computer, and we've been trying to make computers that work that way. Neil Gershenfeld babycomputereconomics share on social
Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives. Mackenzie Davis closecomputerhuge Change image and share on social
