Quotes About Technology

the human brain is a binary system—synapses either fire or they don't—they are on or off, like a computer switch. The brain has over a hundred trillion switches, which means that building a brain is not so much a question of technology as it is a question of scale.

I call it 'Prayer for the Future'. Edmond closed his eyes and spoke slowly, with startling assurance. May our philosophies keep pace with our technologies. May our compassion keep pace with our powers. And may love, not fear, be the engine of change.

NSA was a bottom feeder

Tengo que dejar de ser tan esnob, se recordó a sí mismo. Al final los ebooks sí tienen sus cosas buenas.

Fie ca filosofiile noastre sa tina pasul cu tehnologia. Fie ca intelegerea si compasunea noastra sa tina pasul cu puterea pe care o dobandim. Si fie ca dragostea, nu frica, sa fie motorul schimbarii noastre.

when the pod door hissed open.

Transhumanist

The Geek shall inherit the world

se encontraba su hombre junto a una computadora portátil abierta, tecleando algo con las manos enfundadas en unos guantes de látex.

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE 127.0.0.1

No?" Winston's voice remained flat. "Then let me ask you this famous question: Would you rather live in a world without technology…or in a world without religion? Would you rather live without medicine, electricity, transportation, and antibiotics…or without zealots waging war over fictional tales and imaginary spirits?

Then let me ask you this famous question: would you rather live in a world without technology ... or in a world without religion? Would you rather live without medicine, electricity, transportation, and antibiotics ... or without zealots waging war over fictional take us an imaginary spirits? - Winston

Langdon frowned at his own apparently inferior phone. Just then Ambra reached over and gently pried it from his hands. Without a word, she held it over the railing and let go. Langdon watched the phone plummet down and splash into the dark waters of the Nervión River. As it disappeared beneath the surface, he felt a pang of loss, staring back after it as the boat raced on

Antimatter is the most powerful energy source known to man. It releases energy with 100 percent efficiency (nuclear fission is 1.5 percent efficient). Antimatter creates no pollution or radiation

It is quite common for humans to sentimentalize their relationships with synthetic intelligences

the human race would not be responsible enough to wield the intoxicating tools it was now inventing.

Prayer for the Future May our philosophies keep pace with our technologies. May our compassion keep pace with our powers. And may love, not fear, be the engine of change.

Ojalá nuestra tecnología nunca deje atrás a nuestra filosofía. Ojalá nuestro poder nunca supere a nuestra compasión. Y que el motor del cambio no sea el miedo, sino el amor".

The concept was somewhat like the idea of colonizing Mars—fathomable on an intellectual level, but, at present, well beyond human ability.

Any life-form advanced enough to travel light-years through interstellar space would have nothing to learn by probing the rectums of farmers in Kansas. Nor would these life-forms need to morph into reptiles and infiltrate governments in order to take over earth. Any life-form with the technology to travel to earth would require no subterfuge or subtlety to dominate us instantaneously.

She knew the computer's processors auditioned thirty million keys per second – one hundred billion per hour. If TRANSLTR was still counting, that meant the key had to be enormous – over ten billion digits long.

What had once been life's quiet moments of solitary reflection--a few minutes alone on a bus, or walking to work, or waiting for an appointment--now felt unbearable, and people impulsively reached for their phones, their earbuds, and their games, unable to fight the addictive pull of technology. The miracles of the past were fading away, whitewashed by a ceaseless hunger for all-that-was-new.

It's like having Siri on steroids.

He'd read about the new synthetic turfs that were fooling even professional athletes