Quote of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

[messier 111]

The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production. The Second used electric power to create mass production. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production. Klaus Schwab

[messier 111]

Design is a way of life, a point of view. It involves the whole complex of visual communications: talent, creative ability, manual skill, and technical knowledge. Aesthetics and economics, technology and psychology are intrinsically related to the process. Paul Rand

[messier 111]

If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds. W. Daniel Hillis

[messier 111]

Technology is cool, but you've got to use it as opposed to letting it use you. Prince

[GCoyote]

Technology is cool, but you've got to use it as opposed to letting it use you. Prince

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Spot on.

[notFritzArgelander]

Technology is cool, but you've got to use it as opposed to letting it use you. Prince

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Spot on.

It reminds me of a Japanese quote (at least I heard it in Japan) about alcoholism.

First the man drinks the bottle. Next the bottle drinks the man. Finally the bottle drinks the bottle.

Technology can be like that....

[messier 111]

The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology. Marshall McLuhan

[messier 111]

Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion. Ray Kurzweil

[messier 111]

Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation. Dean Kamen

[GCoyote]

The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology. Marshall McLuhan

His analysis of media can be extended to the Internet age. "Hot" media (video) convey more emotion and get the attention of the user more easily than "Cold" media (print). Social media is the "Hottest" communications technology to date.

[messier 111]

Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone. Steven Spielberg

[messier 111]

The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel. John Glenn

[messier 111]

We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics. Katherine Johnson

[GCoyote]

[messier 111]

Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural disaster to wipe all that away and remind us that, here on Earth, we're still at the mercy of nature. Neil deGrasse Tyson

[messier 111]

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command. Steven Pressfield

[messier 111]

it's not a ride until you're in it . my self

[messier 111]

Science and technology are the keys to both our longevity and our demise. Our entire existence on this planet is a double-edged sword. Rhys Darby

[messier 111]

Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use. Reed Hastings

[messier 111]

Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination. Daniel Bel