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As smart technologies become more intrusive, they risk undermining our autonomy by suppressing behaviors that someone somewhere has deemed undesirable.
There are managers so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what's happening in the nondigital world
Countries that innovate first get the new jobs, developing an economic edge over the C-free laggards that end up having to later import the technology.
Russia must realise its full potential in high-tech sectors such as modern energy technology, transport and communications, space and aircraft building.
If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology
Why did the Clinton Administration continue to liberalize export controls on sensitive technologies even after it learned that China had stolen designs?
One who understands the relationships between the human heart and the human mind will always out-hack those who chase after an ever-changing technology.
I believe in markets doing what they do well, which is to develop technology, and letting citizens do what they ideally do well, which is to set policy.
Camera phones threaten to turn everyone into amateur paparazzi. We are witnessing our personal space shrink because of the way technology is being used.
Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say, face recognition technology.
New technologies are a good thing but we must consider how they will impact on us so that, when they become achievable, they aren't allowed to run amok.
Steve Jobs was not only the heart and soul of Apple, he was the wind underneath the technology market. Both are significantly diminished by his passing.
We believe that one day Emotion AI will be ubiquitous, embedded on chips in our devices, ingrained into technology we use every day at home and at work.
Those of us of a certain age grew up expecting that by now we would have Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons' in our house. And all we've got is a Roomba.
Our technology is very scalable. Our software can accommodate enormous numbers of clients. It's a marvelous opportunity. We'll keep developing products.
How much does your building weigh? A question often used to challenge architects to consider how efficiently materials were used for the space enclosed.
My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.
Technology can be a great equalizer when it comes to health care, education - to the point where rich, poor, middle class can all get the same benefits.
Spin Me Round was number one all over the world, everywhere. It changed the face of pop music, no question. We took technology further than Trevor Horn.
Stevie didn't use the technology to drive the song. He used it to enhance. I use the tools to further my work, I don't use my work to further the tools.
How far back to the elementary school core curriculum do we have to go to get someone on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology caught up?
In '83, not only was there no such thing as performance motion capture technology, there was no such thing as digital animation. This was the analog era.
I think if we live with more compassion globally, I think we would be in a better place. We've had more then we have had as human beings technology wise.
I actually think that one of the most dangerous phenomena is the bowing to expertise, whether it's in international relations or how to use technologies.
Tech executives have historically been owners of significant portions of their companies' stock so there is a propensity for them to diversify as a rule.
Rational order in the technological world can be as fascinating as the fetishes of a Congo witch-doctor - scientific phenomena become significant images.
Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, said that whenever he could not see his way clearly, he knelt down and prayed for light and understanding.
We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.
Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental degradation.
We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for.
The moment we live in is a great time to make art. We have different technologies to play with, and we're left with the opportunity to focus on our work.
People need to understand that the technology is for them. It's not to them. It's not over them. People still sometimes want to be led a little too much.
The disruption caused by globalization and technology (what Tom Friedman calls hyperconnectedness) will be around for the rest of our professional lives.
Our fear of technology is really a fear of empowerment. We now have the ability to design the reality we live in, and we have to step up to the occasion.
I would not let an adult drive my robot. You don't have enough gaming experience. But I will let a kid with no license take control of my vehicle system.
Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring.
Technology is closing the gap between what one can imagine and what one can do and as a result the equality of opportunity is unmatched in human history.
The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hundred and forty-nine dollars for the right to speak it.
Medicine today invests heavily in information technology, yet the promised improvement in patient safety and productivity frankly have not been realized.
Primitive peoples tried to annul death by portraying the human body--we do it by finding substitutes for the human body. Technology instead of mysticism!
I am not a Luddite. I am suspicious of technology. I am perfectly aware of its benefits, but I also try to pay attention to some of the negative effects.
The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.
It's possible, without taking sides or playing the statesman game, to reduce destruction simply by reducing the development of technology of destruction.
I do know a lot about Scientology. And I know about the practices. I know all about what the technology is and all that kind of stuff. It's very helpful.
I'm a physician. I've been blessed with ideas and resources to use technology to make the world a better place. That's what I would like to leave behind.
Surely, if we are going to be better at producing food of the right value, then we have to accept that genetic technology... is going to be part of that.
If you've managed to remain a Luddite - one who resists technology - you're surrounded by people who don't, so you're affected more than you may realize.
Chaos and ineptitude are anti-human; but so too is a superlatively efficient government, equipped with all the products of a highly developed technology.
For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes.