Technology Quotes

From the printing press to AI, these quotes explore humanity's relationship with its own inventions.

12000 quotes

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"Technology amplifies inequality unless we choose different rules for its distribution."
Thomas Piketty
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"Technology without equity becomes merely another tool of domination."
Thomas Piketty
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"Technology is best when it brings people together."
Anna Schwartz
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"Technological advancement should serve human flourishing, not dominate it."
Amartya Sen
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"Technology has made wealth concentration easier, but it does not make inequality inevitable."
Thomas Piketty
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"The digital economy has the potential to either democratize or further concentrate wealth."
Thomas Piketty
"Innovation is wonderful, but not if it leaves people behind."
James Tobin
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"Technical change is the great mystery of economic growth."
Robert Solow
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"You can't understand the modern economy without understanding technological progress."
Robert Solow
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"Technology is embedded in how we work and live."
Robert Solow
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"Technological progress is the ultimate constraint on human ambition."
Robert Solow
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"Technology transforms what is possible."
Robert Solow
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"Technology is the embodiment of human knowledge."
Robert Solow
"Technology should serve humanity, not the reverse."
Kenneth Arrow
"Technology is humanity's extension."
Kenneth Arrow
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"Financial innovation creates new challenges for monetary policy transmission."
Anna Schwartz
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"Innovation creates the conditions for financial crises."
Hyman Minsky
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"Technological change disrupts existing economic arrangements."
Hyman Minsky
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"Financial innovation can destabilize as well as create value."
Hyman Minsky
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"Technology can expand human capabilities but also create new forms of dependence."
Amartya Sen
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"Technology should be designed with attention to human values and social impacts."
Amartya Sen
"Technology is neutral; how we use it matters."
Gary Becker
"Technology serves human flourishing."
Gary Becker
R
"Technical progress is the ultimate source of economic growth."
Robert Solow
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"Technological change is the driver of modern civilization."
Robert Solow
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"The residual, as I calculated it, came to be known as the Solow residual, which measures technological progress and other factors we cannot easily explain."
Robert Solow
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"Financial innovation tends to increase systemic fragility rather than improve economic efficiency."
Hyman Minsky
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"The complexity of modern finance makes it harder, not easier, for regulators to maintain stability."
Hyman Minsky
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"We have created financial markets so complex that no one truly understands the interdependencies they create."
Hyman Minsky
"Financial innovation can enhance efficiency but also create fragility."
James Tobin