Quotes About Impact

I see tech as... a force that is changing pretty much all parts of our society. It's really sad for me that we don't have enough women that are part of that.

We understand bringing girls into the tech space is about giving them skills to create social impact and change in their community.

I want my work at Google to have a long-term impact on the tech scene in Africa and to result in millions more Africans not just going online but having an amazing experience once they do. That's what drives me every single day when I get to work.

If the hard Brexit happens, I would assume that London wouldn't be the centre of the tech world in Europe.

If we really wanted to have a reorientation of the tech industry toward what's best for people, then we would ask the second question, which is, what would be the most time well spent for the thing that people are trying to get out of that situation?

None of most powerful tech companies answer to what's best for people, only to what's best for them.

I've had the opportunity to experience firsthand how tech companies can help people in their daily lives.

My products and magic are free, but on the commercial side of what I do, the big tech companies are impressed with somebody like me who can emotionalize a piece of technology.

There is no quick technical fix for a social problem.

It's the emotion of it that hits me, more than anything technical.

I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do.

My biggest worry is that no one seems to notice that we are not going to stop the technical progress that is going to continue to displace people through automation.

It does not take much technical knowledge to understand why the interlinking of rivers is an absurd idea and a ruinous project.

It doesn't matter how good you are, it's about connecting with your audience. It doesn't matter how technically good you are, if nobody wants to watch you then you're no good to anybody.

I realized you can be the dopest producer technically, but if the songs don't give you emotion, it doesn't matter.

At the time I retired I was kind of known for it, as one of the guys whose career ended technically as a result of a big hit.

Having anything to do with a hit film is great. Even if you're a third assistant to the director or second to the editor, if the film does well, every technician, every actor benefits from it.

It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.

We knew that if the photos of CIA officers conducting authorized EIT (enhanced interrogation techniques) ever got out, the difference between a legal, authorized, necessary, and safe program and the mindless actions of some MPs (military police) would be buried by the impact of the images.

If you look at the copies of Churchill's speeches that have survived, they are heavily marked up. He was scrupulous about the impact of each word. He preferred short words and the repetition of short words. He knew everything about the techniques of rhetoric.

The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.

Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society.

When technological advancement can go up so exponentially, I do think there's a risk of losing sight of the fact that tech should serve humanity, not the other way around.

All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.