Quotes About Progress

Congress should... at least keep pace with technological advances.

For 300 years, higher education was not disruptable because there was no technological core.

Prosperity in human society is misunderstood. The difference between a rich and poor society is the number of problems that society solves for its citizens. That means technological innovation is the source of all prosperity, but with every tech innovation, you also get disruption - ultimately, social and civic disruption.

Some countries were able to turn their manufacturing operations into advanced technology areas. South Korea is a great example of this, and manufacturing there is done using advanced technological methods.

A lot of technological capital has to be absorbed person-to-person, and that happens more quickly if countries are economically integrated.

We need to pass measures that protect consumers' private information while also encouraging new technological innovations.

People go out; they take risk; they find a way to develop resources that were previously not accessible, not available because of technological reasons.

Over a long period of time, technological change is something that has been important in reducing manufacturing employment - absolutely and as a share of jobs in the economy.

Once we have something that is no longer under control, once technological development is yanked out of our hands, it doesn't have to continue to be beneficial to humans.

Technological change always accelerates. It never stagnates over time. Which means we are going to face the fact that, if nothing in the States changes, we will find ourselves dependent on other countries for almost everything that can and will be manufactured in a quickly approaching future.

I absolutely believe that we are on the cusp of not just a technological revolution, but a productivity revolution. It will bring benefits for people everywhere, make our planet more sustainable, and provide new opportunities for businesses of all kinds.

I am super optimistic about the near-term prospects of AI because every time there is a technological disruption, it gives us the opportunity of making the world a little different.

There is no denying the fact that China has been able to convert its economic might into commercial and technological capability.

Why commit technological suicide by restricting the flow of talent into the United States?

As we get sucked more and more into the technosphere, we become less and less capable of understanding it because it becomes a technological milieu that we're in.

People tend to overestimate the short-term impact of technological change. In the short-term, it's not going to make that much of a difference.

I do think that deciding between a particular discovery and a technological breakthrough - I would always think the impact is probably much larger for the technological breakthrough.

I don't want to tell a story about how technological advancement is bad.

We need to be at the forefront of technological development again.

The U.K. needs to diversify - to become the technological as well as the financial centre of Europe.

Technological change is essential, but to a natural historian it often feels cold and distancing.

The technological revolution has the potential to liberate us or enslave us, and the road we take will depend on our politics.

Changes that are being enhanced by technological innovation (social media being a case in point) are happening at an increasing rate.

I think Irish people pride themselves on being at the forefront of technological industries, things like the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, all those hi-tech industries, we're always there or thereabouts.