Technology Quotes
From the printing press to AI, these quotes explore humanity's relationship with its own inventions.
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"Technology is culture made material."Alfred Kroeber
"Technology is only as wise as those who use it."Alfred Kroeber
"We are caught in a web of information that we ourselves create."Gregory Bateson
"The medium is part of the message in all contexts."Gregory Bateson
"Technology amplifies both wisdom and foolishness."Gregory Bateson
"This generation may be the last that remembers a time before computers."Margaret Mead
"Technology is not good or evil; it is a reflection of who we are."Margaret Mead
"The machine is the symbol of our age."Oswald Spengler
"Technology reveals the nature of man."Oswald Spengler
"Technology is the extension of will."Oswald Spengler
"Technology amplifies human intention, for better or worse."Gregory Bateson
"Technology does not determine culture; rather, culture shapes how technology is adopted and used."Bronislaw Malinowski
"Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts."Arnold Toynbee
"Technology is a tool; it cannot replace human wisdom."Christopher Dawson
"Technology must serve human flourishing."Christopher Dawson
"The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible."Margaret Mead
"Our technology has exalted the individual at the expense of community."Margaret Mead
"Technology promises liberation but often delivers a new form of servitude."Oswald Spengler
"The machinery of the modern age grinds inexorably toward predetermined ends."Oswald Spengler
"Technology must serve humanity, not dominate it."Jacques Le Goff
"Technology is the extension of human capability."Jacques Le Goff
"Technology is neither good nor evil, only human."Jacques Le Goff
"Technology amplifies both human virtue and human vice."Arnold Toynbee
"We are living in a period of rapid technological change, yet human nature remains surprisingly constant."Margaret Mead
"The invention of writing is the most important technological achievement in human history."Margaret Mead
"Technology without wisdom becomes a instrument of enslavement rather than liberation."Christopher Dawson
"Technology is a tool; wisdom lies in how we use it."Marc Bloch
"Technology amplifies human nature, good and ill."Oswald Spengler
"Technology is the servant of intention."Oswald Spengler
"Technology changes the surface, but human nature remains constant."Jacques Le Goff