“Floods cause greater property damage and more deaths than tornadoes or hurricanes.”— Ian Bogost, theatlantic.com
“Whatever its merits, the European position is rooted in its experiences that the free market of ideas can fail—disastrously.”— Mila Versteeg, theatlantic.com
“It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another — but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.”— John Steinbeck, theatlantic.com
“The tech gods are selling us all a better future but Silicon Valley's promise to build a better world relies on tearing up the world as it is. They call it disruption.”— Jamie Bartlett, thesun.co.uk
“I’ve observed my toddler, barely old enough to walk, confidently swiping her way through an iPad.”— Jean M. Twenge, theatlantic.com
“The more time teens spend looking at screens, the more likely they are to report symptoms of depression.”— Jean M. Twenge, theatlantic.com
“We are culturally pioneers. We like to disrupt even our own business. Other companies have different cultures and sometimes don’t like to do that. Our job is to bring those industries along.”— Jeff Bezos, wired.com
“Facebook is working on advanced recognition technology that would put names to faces even if they are obscured and identify people by their clothing and posture. Facebook has filed patents for technology allowing Facebook to tailor ads based on users’ facial expressions.”— Jared Bennett, thedailybeast.com
“I couldn't decide if sites really need seeing or if virtual experience has become enough.”— John Green, youtube.com
“You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you.”— Chris Abani, ted.com
“Whether technology's effect is good or bad depends on the user. It's important that we shouldn't be slaves to technology; it should help us.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“More and more, it seems, the technology billed as freeing humanity is now being used to replace it outright. The car is, quite literally, becoming the driver.”— Matt Labash, weeklystandard.com
“I have been texting and tweeting on my iPhone, and it's fast and it's easy, but the best thing about it is, it autocorrects. That's my favourite thing about it. I don't even try to spell anymore. I get close enough, I just put some of the letters in, and I hit the spacebar, and it automatically puts…”— Ellen Degeneres, youtube.com
“steelmanning makes you a better person. It makes you more charitable, forcing you to assume, at least for a moment, that the people you’re arguing with, much as you ferociously disagree with them or even dislike them, are people who might have something to teach you. It makes you more compassionate,…”— Chana Messinger, theatlantic.com
“But the truth is, only a tiny percentage of people in the post-industrial world will ever end up working in software engineering, biotechnology or advanced manufacturing. Just as the behemoth machines of the industrial revolution made physical strength less necessary for humans, the information revo…”— Livia Gershon, aeon.co