A tiny apartment might hold three generations of an immigrant family. Rick Smolan apartmentfamilygeneration Change image and share on social
The world that our children living in is going to be completely different because of big data. Rick Smolan bigchildcompletely Change image and share on social
My father said, 'You should do 'A Day in the Life of Medicine.' A book about how the human race wants to heal itself in new ways. Rick Smolan bookdayfather Change image and share on social
Do you realize the FBI filing system from the '50s was much more secure? How could you have stolen that data? It was on notecards. Now someone with a thumb drive, or remotely, can take the equivalent of millions of those notecards. Rick Smolan 50sdatumdrive share on social
If you ask anyone on any street corner in the world what the Soviet Union looks like, they would probably have very strong opinions. And they probably would be wrong. Rick Smolan corneropinionsoviet Change image and share on social
The people who are thinking most about big data right now are corporations and governments. Rick Smolan bigcorporationdatum Change image and share on social
I find Facebook absolutely fascinating because I don't think there's ever been any one source that had so much information about each of us - who we talk to, who our friends are, what books we read, what we're buying, what movies we saw, what our travel is. Rick Smolan absolutelybookbuy share on social
I think people love this idea of leaving a message for the future. I was always fascinated by the idea of time capsules. Rick Smolan capsulefascinatefuture Change image and share on social
Every time there's a new tool, whether it's Internet or cell phones or anything else, all these things can be used for good or evil. Technology is neutral; it depends on how it's used. Rick Smolan celldependevil Change image and share on social
The goal of 'Data Detectives' is to spark the imagination of students around the globe by making them think about new technologies that will impact humanity in ways similar to language and art. Rick Smolan artdatumdetective Change image and share on social
