Technology Quotes

"The coming wave is defined by two core technologies: artificial intelligence (AI) and synthetic biology" "The irony of general-purpose technologies is that, before long, they become invisible and we take them for granted" "Over time, then, the implications of these technologies will push humanity to navigate a path between the poles of catastrophe and dystopia. This is the essential dilemma of our age" "From the written word to sailing vessels, technology increases interconnectedness, helping to boost its own flow and spread. Each wave hence lays the groundwork for successive waves" "Proliferation is catalyzed by two forces: demand and the resulting cost decreases, each of which drives technology to become even better and cheaper" "Consider that children who grew up traveling by horse and cart and burning wood for heat in the late nineteenth century spent their final days traveling by airplane and living in houses warmed by the splitting of the atom" "The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention." "Everything is amazing right now and nobody is happy" "People say, 'My phone sucks.' No, it doesn't! The shittiest cell phone in the world is a miracle. Your life sucks. Around the phone" "The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free" "To understand the future, you do not need techno-autistic jargon, but the wisdom of the elders" "The rise of Google, the rise of Facebook, the rise of Apple, I think are proof that there is a place for computer science as something that solves problems that people face every day" "The Internet is making the world smaller and bigger at the same time" "One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."