36 quotes found
“And now the story begins for the last time.”
“Memories fade but words hang around forever.”
“Youre not really grown until youve lost your heroes.”
“The end of the world came and my job did not change.”
“It is not enough to live together in peace, with one race on its knees.”
“How much change can a person absorb before everything loses meaning Living for its own sake isn't life. People need meaning as much as they need air.”
“Some unspoken human communication is taking place on a hidden channel. I did not realize they communicated this much without words. I note that we machines are not the only species who share inform...”
“Without us here to witness, the universe is just pointless physics unfolding.”
“I've heard it said that technology makes a good person better, and it makes a bad person worse. That's okay with me. I say we keep building new versions of ourselves, keep exploring the unknown, an...”
“Itll turn me into a weapon, I say, my voice suddenly loud. All you got to do is curl your hands into fists and you turn into a weapon, says Jim. Your body is just another tool. This technology chan...”
“You humans are biological machines designed to create ever more intelligent tools. You have reached the pinnacle of your species. All your ancestors lives, the rise and fall of your nations, every ...”
“The poster boy for our superabled future is Oscar Pistorius, an increasingly famous South African sprinter who happens to have had both of his legs amputated below the knee. Using upside down quest...”
“Luckily, unreasonable expectations go hand in hand with naive young scientists. The more naive the better - otherwise we would never have the audacity to try and build a 22,000-mile-high space elev...”
“The fear of the never-ending onslaught of gizmos and gadgets is nothing new. The radio, the telephone, Facebook - each of these inventions changed the world. Each of them scared the heck out of an ...”
“In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing.”
“Sometimes a technology is so awe-inspiring that the imagination runs away with it - often far, far away from reality. Robots are like that. A lot of big and ultimately unfulfilled promises were mad...”
“Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics - and they also have all this pop-culture real estate that they take up i...”
“We humans have a love-hate relationship with our technology. We love each new advance and we hate how fast our world is changing... The robots really embody that love-hate relationship we have with...”
“These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave patients better off than 'able-bodied' folks. The person who has a...”
“Change creates fear, and technology creates change. Sadly, most people don't behave very well when they are afraid.”
“In the future, when Microsoft leaves a security-flaw in their code it won't mean that somebody hacks your computer. It will mean that somebody takes control of your servant robot and it stands in y...”
