Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.
Quote Tags: Technology
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Ethics change with technology.
Ethics change with technology.
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Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.
Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.
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Communications tools don’t get socially interesting until they get technologically
Communications tools don’t get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.
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This is the whole point of technology. It creates an
This is the whole point of technology. It creates an appetite for immortality on the one hand. It threatens universal extinction on the other. Technology is lust removed from nature.
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Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not
Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road.
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It’s supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to
It’s supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button.
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The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented
The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.
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It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
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As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That
As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers can be tweaked and varied but will never go obsolete. Even when builders pound nails by the thousand with pneumatic nail guns, every household needs a hammer.