Technology is an enabler; you have to be at the cutting edge of technology - there is no choice. Uday Kotak choicecutedge Change image and share on social
I see robotic technology getting rid of the dangerous, the dirty, and the just plain boring jobs. Some people say, 'You can't. People won't have anything to do.' But we found things that were a lot easier than backbreaking labor in the sun and the fields. Let people rise to better things. Rodney Brooks backbreakboredangerous share on social
What we can do should never by itself determine what we choose to do, yet this is the way technology tends to work. Richard Powers choosedeterminetechnology Change image and share on social
Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate. Alvin Toffler effectescalatehazard Change image and share on social
Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us, permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices, has undermined our spirit of self-reliance. Andrew Weil beliefchoicedangerous share on social
Russia has to have a technology company of global meaning sooner or later. We should take the depth of technical culture we have here and make it available worldwide. Arkady Volozh companyculturedepth Change image and share on social
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. Alfred North Whitehead advancecivilizationextend Change image and share on social
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Albert Einstein appallinglyexceedhumanity Change image and share on social
In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges, transportation, factory technology and new skills needed for the new industrialised world. Lucy Powell advancebritainenable Change image and share on social
The term 'cyberutopian' tends to be used only in the context of critique. Calling someone a cyberutopian implies that he or she has an unrealistic and naively overinflated sense of what technology makes possible and an insufficient understanding of the forces that govern societies. Ethan Zuckerman callcontextcritique share on social