But the wireless,” asked Momulla. “What has the wireless to do with our remaining here?” “Oh yes,” replied Gust, scratching his head. He was wondering if the Maori were really so ignorant as to believe...

The attribution of intelligence to machines, crowds of fragments, or other nerd deities obscures more than it illuminates. When people are told that a computer is intelligent, they become prone to changing themselves in order...

The toys are there. Everyone has access to the same technology.

It doesn’t matter how long we’ve used something; all that matters is how awesome the thing replacing it is. MP3s and automobiles happen to be really, really awesome, whereas ebooks—at least so far—are fairly limited...

Those activities of an earlier day, furthermore, provided opportunities for cooperative action toward a common goal and for a sense of accomplishment that was not readily available to a modern technological society. For the ‘city-bred...

We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” (Nytimes article, Sept. 10, 2014)

To be able to experiment with new forms of distribution and technology comes naturally to the group and we’re excited about the reaction we’ll get.

But in practical affairs, particularly in politics, men are needed who combine human experience and interest in human relations with a knowledge of science and technology.

Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.

[Flaubert] didn’t just hate the railway as such; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress. What was the point of scientific advance without moral advance? The railway would merely permit...

In every tool we create, an idea is embedded that goes beyond the function of the thing itself.

Those who find it hypocritical of others to use, say, a smartphone, to speak ill of capitalism, needs to be reminded that capitalism is an ideology, not a technology.

Because globalization and technology are different modes of progress, it’s possible to have both, either, or neither at the same time. For example, 1815 to 1914 was a period of both rapid technological development and...

It ain’t technology that enhances the civilization..but the way mankind perceives nature from all standpoints.

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.

technology leads to lower costs when it replaces workers’ salaries. It does the opposite when it requires more highly-trained workers to utilize that technology. Higher education, medicine, dentistry and the legal profession all provide examples.

Human relationships are rich and they’re messy and they’re demanding. And we clean them up with technology. Texting, email, posting, all of these things let us present the self as we want to be. We...

You cannot stop consumer grade technology from entering the enterprise.

Technical people don’t make good slaves. Without their wholehearted cooperation, things fall apart.

TELEPHONE n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

Be a surfer. Watch the ocean. Figure out where the big waves are breaking and adjust accordingly.

I think small investors should probably wait until valuations are more reasonable in the technology stocks.

No matter how fast weapons and technology evolve in the 21st century, one thing remains constant is that war is a human endeavor, a grueling contest between two learning and adaptive forces. Victory, therefore rests...

They’ve bought into a technology that has yet to explode.

Any technological advance can be dangerous. Fire was dangerous from the start, and so (even more so) was speech – and both are still dangerous to this day – but human beings would not be...

The cameras were electronic monsters, moving with them as they walked and staring with one big, perverted eye.

Life without a phone is riskier, lonelier, more vivid.

By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.

The rage for railroads is so great that many will be laid in parts where they will not pay.

We can’t jump off bridges anymore because our iPhones will get ruined. We can’t take skinny dips in the ocean because there’s no service on the beach and adventures aren’t real unless they’re on Instagram....

On this issue, India has an exceptional record for not selling its nuclear technology. Pakistan, on the other hand, has taken its nuclear secrets and shopped them around.

When we introduce new technologies into our classrooms we are teaching our students twice.

In Japan, so many emoticons have been created that it’s reasonable to assume Japanese appreciate their convenience more than anyone else.

It has been a very difficult 14 months for technology stocks,

So I was just thinking about how something happened today and it was quite insightful, humbling and puts things into perspective. If you look at anything, everything has it’s ‘story’ so to speak. For instance,...

Privacy and pollution are similar problems. Both cause harm that is invisible and pervasive. Both result from exploitation of a resource–whether it is land, water, or information. Both suffer from difficult attribution. It is not...

But the things in the batteries couldn’t be spiders. It just wasn’t possible. There had to be another explanation. But of what kind?

There has to be a whole revamping of recruiting because of technology.

While games are fun to play, children should grow up not just being the consumers of technology but also the creators of technology.

The combination of platforms, products and process technology we think is a winning combination for the year.

In this era of technology, it is becoming increasingly difficult to lead peaceful lives.

Considering what is at stake politically, economically and technically for most organizations; usually justifying IT governance deployment based on one viewpoint narrows suitability and expected benefits.

To grant the power of a weapon master to anyone at all, without effort, without training and proof that the lessons have taken hold, is to deny the responsibility that comes with such power.

There will come a time when it isn’t ‘They’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be ‘My phone is spying on me’.

The simple truth is that technology is still a poor substitute for human interaction.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

Every pedagogical situation can be thought of as a kind of triangle among three parties: the student, the teacher, and the world that student and teacher investigate together.

That’s what children eventually were for their aging parents: custodians of technology, free personal IT departments keeping them from disappearing forever from the universal cloud.

Don’t fight the impulses of electricity. It’s proper Netiquette to go with the technology flow.