Quotes About Technology

If you had to find a period in history that would equate to what the Internet has presented us with now, it would be Elizabethan England. It was a world in flux.

Everyone has a mobile phone with a camera; every phone can record video. You have to be prepared to be captured. It's very easy to be misconstrued and presented in ways that you wouldn't prefer. If I take a selfie with bags under my eyes, it becomes a hashtag.

I have always been interested in following the technology that I feel are presenting themselves as true industry and innovation.

I think, more than anything, Bitcoin presents an opportunity.

As a literature of change driven by technology, science fiction presents religion to a part of the reading public that probably seldom goes to church.

The inexorable rise of the Internet and the citizen journalist presents us all with challenges for the future.

The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is.

We don't believe start-ups are the private preserve of only garage start-ups... The corporate garage is going to be the scene of a lot of action.

Governments must ensure that the power of blogs is cultivated and implemented in collaborative ways, with a view to preserve peace and human dignity.

Far from being dead, physical media has years of life left and must be preserved because there is no better alternative.

The Internet is changing the way we think of our relationship with government; it has the potential to bring to life what Abraham Lincoln said about the presidency being an instrument of the people.

Technology has had more of an impact on the presidency and how the presidency communicates than anything.

It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the rise of mobile communications in the last 10 years. It used to be only the president had a mobile phone. Now everyone on earth, even if they have nothing else, they have a cell phone.

I think that social media platforms and technology have been the accelerator for the push for the populist-style administrations in democratically elected presidents.

Word of mouth and the Internet are the only press we have left.

E-books are preferable to paper; they can be delivered instantly. In many cases, they're cheaper; you can buy them with the press of a button.

On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids.

But if you could make that mistake and press the send button and the entire world sees it forever.

I have an iPad and I watch three things: 'The Daily Show,' '60 Minutes,' and 'Meet the Press.'

I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right away to look up something in it; very handy for that - you can have it just the next minute; you can press the button and just have it.

I have vaguely entertained the idea of learning how to use the Internet and email. It looks easy, but I'm sure it's harder than it seems. Never having used a computer makes a big difference. I haven't a clue which keys to press.

From an app point of view, if you looked at innovation on the PC, you'd be hard pressed to find companies innovating. The list is small.

Energy is probably the most pressing demand on our planet.

I think people's imaginations are being neutered by the amount of access they can get to information just by pressing a button.