Quotes About Technology

I hate people walking down the street listening to the soundtrack of their lives which responds to them but not their setting. I hate the overspill of sound which metro and subway riders are oblivious to because they notice no one and nothing around them.

We need to inject humanism into our AI education and research by injecting all walks of life into the process.

I'm not one of those guys who walks around with a flip phone who doesn't want to be connected. There are times when I'm tech-friendly, and there are times when I personally do want to shut everything off because I'm more creative when I shut off.

Working 90 hours a week is easily racked up when you're self-employed and rely on portable tech to do your work; your train journeys, toilet breaks, leisurely walks, bedtime, can all become 'working hours'. Reclaim them.

Scientific education is by far the best training for all walks of life because it teaches us how to assess situations critically and react accordingly. It gives us an understanding based on reverence for life-enhancing technologies as well as for life itself.

One of the great things about moving to Silicon Valley is that you're surrounded by all these people who've done it before. This place is an assembly line that takes a couple of twenty-somethings and walks you through everything you need to learn.

When people talk about the impact of mobile dating, everyone focuses on real-time meeting - this idea that my pocket will vibrate every time a hot girl walks by. That's important. But it's not transformative.

Those in technology who can afford to stay in Silicon Valley all know it as one of the most beautiful places to live in the world, but a wariness has sunk in as folks from other walks of life are forced to leave: coffee shops are wall-to-wall with aspiring entrepreneurs, and restaurants buzz with talk of valuations and venture capital.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

The iPad - is that a phone or a computer? If I put it on my wall is it a TV?

With 'Running Scared,' I originally wanted to do a piece that was going to be about a couple, and the whole thing would be based on wall posts on Facebook. So the idea started there.

Science fiction was rocket-mad for about 40 years until aerospace hit a brick wall about 1970. I would not write off space colonisation or exploration completely, but we are profoundly ill adapted for going boldly into outer space.

Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what these sounds felt like to you. It engaged you and made you more invested in it. It made you want to get tickets to the show, buy the album, put the poster on the wall. Now it's sensory overload.

When I was in college, my high school best friend and I had a terrible falling-out. It was entirely because of Facebook.

You really never know where your path will lead you, but working with technology was truly the best way I could make a difference.

Learning what's happening in children's digital life is the best way to ensure that they're safe.

Our bet is on the future of micronetworks.

The Aadhar data that was leaked to American companies was, in a way, a betrayal to the country.

I don't watch TV. I'd probably be a better person if I did, but it makes me anxious.

I really want to build something to make the world a better place.

Facebook really has made the world a better place.

If you're on your phone, you're not in the moment. And I'm a big believer that joy is in the moment.

I don't even turn a computer on all year unless it's to watch 'Celebrity Big Brother!'

A lot of the future of search is going to be about pictures instead of keywords. Computer vision technology is going to be a big deal.