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