I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away... it was already here. I just wasn't aware of it yet.
Copy Quote View & ShareOur world is built on biology and once we begin to understand it, it then becomes a technology.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology.
Copy Quote View & ShareScience and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.
Copy Quote View & ShareTechnology is a bit of a double-edged sword. Used right, it's a wonderful tool, but unfortunately, it makes it easier for a lot of mediocre people to get really crappy ideas out.
Copy Quote View & ShareEach of you possesses the most powerful, dangerous and subversive trait that natural selection has ever devised. It's a piece of neural audio technology for rewiring other people's minds. I'm talking about your language.
Copy Quote View & ShareEvery 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.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.
Copy Quote View & ShareTechnology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.
Copy Quote View & ShareOur intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion.
Copy Quote View & ShareStudy hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.
Copy Quote View & ShareTechnology is cool, but you've got to use it as opposed to letting it use you.
Copy Quote View & ShareInformation technology and the Internet are rapidly transforming almost every aspect of our lives - some for better, some for worse.
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