I think 99 percent of women's lib comes from technology making different kinds of lives possible, and then the social adjustment follows the technology - it doesn't precede it. Lois McMaster Bujold adjustmentkindlib Change image and share on social
Gene therapy technology is much like computing technology. We had to build the super computer which cost $8 million in 1960. Now everyone has technologies that work predictably and at a cost the average person can afford. Liz Parrish affordaveragebuild share on social
There's a lot of technology out there to help people have children in different ways, and later in life, for better or worse. Lisa Cholodenko badlychildlife Change image and share on social
There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values. Laura Esquivel distanceforcehuman Change image and share on social
As social media is less about technology and more about relationship building, we are starting to see more women have a heavy influence if not dominant role in the social media space. It's no wonder that Facebook is being run in part by chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg. Erik Qualman buildchiefdominant share on social
The primary way that we know about what lives in the ocean is we go out and drag nets behind ships. And I defy you to name any other branch of science that still depends on hundreds-of-year-old technology. The other primary way is we go down with submersibles and remote- operated vehicles. I've made hundreds of dives in submersibles. Edith Widder branchdefydepend share on social
Technology has always been destroying jobs, and it has always been creating jobs. Erik Brynjolfsson createdestroyjob Change image and share on social
There is a science to managing high tech businesses, and it needs to be respected. One of them is that in technology businesses, leadership is temporary. It's constantly recycling. So the asset has limited lifetime. Eric Schmidt assetbusinessconstantly share on social
Community colleges need to be upgraded. We got to have training for real jobs. We've got a lot of jobs that are going unfilled because we don't have the technology in the heads of graduating college students to deal with them. Emanuel Cleaver collegecommunitydeal share on social
The chalkboards are no longer cutting it. We've got to adapt education at every level to this new paradigm to keep our kids competitive. Affordability of technology has to be at the forefront of everything we do. Scott Howell adaptaffordabilitychalkboard share on social