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I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen. John Cusack
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It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information. William Gibson
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Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world. Jimmy Carter
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It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. John Stuart Mill
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For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift. Wernher von Braun
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messier 111 wrote: Tue Aug 09, 2022 12:18 pm It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. John Stuart Mill
Indeed there’s archeological evidence that our ancient forbears worked a smaller number of hours daily to make a living.
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messier 111 wrote: Tue Aug 09, 2022 12:17 pm Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world. Jimmy Carter
Globalization began in 1498 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_ ... cut,_India
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully. Graham Greene
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We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed. Lawrence Clark Powell
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The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting. Dave Barry
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Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate. Alvin Toffler
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We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. Carl Sagan
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Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Arthur M. Schlesinger
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Biology is the most powerful technology ever created. DNA is software, protein are hardware, cells are factories. Arvind Gupta
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Many people who try to do big bold things in the world find out it's not about the money or the technology: It's about the regulatory hurdles that will try and stop you. Peter Diamandis
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Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road. Stewart Brand
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messier 111 wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 12:54 pm Many people who try to do big bold things in the world find out it's not about the money or the technology: It's about the regulatory hurdles that will try and stop you. Peter Diamandis
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GCoyote wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 1:08 pm
messier 111 wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 12:54 pm Many people who try to do big bold things in the world find out it's not about the money or the technology: It's about the regulatory hurdles that will try and stop you. Peter Diamandis
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An increased push for energy efficiency, renewable energy technology, electric mobility - along with the growing digitalization movement and a universal carbon pricing structure - would speed up the carbon-free future and the rise of a global middle class we desperately need. We can and must all do our part. Joe Kaeser
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We live in an age of innovation, where digital technology is providing solutions to problems before we've even realised we needed them. We see it every day as we find new ways to travel, eat and shop. David Lidington
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