Quotes About Technology

People with a strong sense of being embodied creatures, rather than being bundles of appetite provided with the machinery of a body to work upon, will prove difficult to persuade in the coming century of the biotechnocrats.

Dijkstra tries to raise his hands, but the wrench comes crashing down on his head. Crack. Crack. The droid is relentless. Crack. Dijkstra sees his own blood in his eyes. Crack. He falls to the floor. Crack. Crack. The droid is smashing his head in. Crack. Crack.

computer program can play havoc with climate-control systems. A particularly nasty pathogen—mutant strains of bacteria

It was seductive, the machine. Enchanting. He couldn't help but be swayed and impressed.

Frances had pegged Jeff as a computer whiz and Jeff did little to disabuse him of that notion. His newly acquired knowledge of Microsoft Excel had catapulted him to database wizard status and he went about making himself indispensable.

The white noise from the old Walkman enveloped them both; like a blanket of new snow, it draped itself over them, shutting out all the curious looks. And the world under the blanket was - surprisingly, wonderfully - absolutely, quiet.

Allan Dulles said it best: "Any intelligence service worth its salt can make the other fellow's currency." In other words, every nation needs to have its own airtight security measures, while at the same time be actively working in secret to reverse engineer those of the enemy faster than they can invent them.

These 'mine-dogs', trained on Pavlovian principles, had been taught to run under large vehicles to obtain their food. The stick, catching against the underside, would detonate the charge. Most of the dogs were shot before they reached their target, but this macabre tactic had an unnerving effect. It

Natural has an intelligence; Artificial has no sense

Social media may be bad for some reasons, but far far better than Mainstream media.

Social media ought to have made the world open, not naked

Technology is useful only if it increases the avenues of employment rather than merely giving the machines and tools for enjoyment.

The proliferation of internet usage has opened most of the people's mouths, but could not open most minds even yet.

There are enough people so self-obsessed that if they don't see or show their own face regularly through social media, they feel so stressed that they may also fall sick for a day or two.

Do not expose your LaserWriter to fire or intense heat.

Most Christians have been taught that prayer and devotional time should be the first activity of their day. In reality, for most of us, it is to check our email. For others it is voice mail, text messages, tweets, and the latest Facebook notifications.

The average smartphone user checks his or her device every six and a half minutes.

Turn off all notifications; you should control when you want information, not the reverse.

In December 2013, a tourist in Melbourne fell off a pier and plunged into the sea while checking Facebook on her phone. She still had it in her hand when she was rescued.

In fact, we take much better care of our smartphones than ourselves.

being connected in a shallow way to the entire world can prevent us from being deeply connected to those closest to us—including ourselves.

The quest for knowledge may be pursued at higher speeds with smarter tools today, but wisdom is found no more readily than it was three thousand years ago in the court of King Solomon.

The problem is exacerbated by how technology affects teenagers. Teens sleeping with their iPhones and staying up all night texting are staples of our brave new digital world.

Anyone with a smartphone and a full email in-box knows that it's easy to be busy while not being aware that we're actually living.