Technology Quotes

"We are not machines, and machines cannot understand us."

"The culture industry does not reflect human desires; it manufactures them."

"The mass media do not inform; they orient consciousness toward manufactured desires."

"Technology does not liberate humanity from political decision; it merely displaces the burden."

"Technology itself is not neutral; its deployment reflects and reinforces particular power structures."

"Technology is not neutral; it carries within it the logic of domination and administration."

"Technology extends the reach of administration into ever more intimate spheres of human life."

"The culture industry turns everything into entertainment, even suffering and resistance."

"Technology promises liberation but often delivers more sophisticated imprisonment."

"Technological progress often means progress in control, not in freedom."

"The modern world began when humans realized they could make a machine to do their thinking."

"Modern technology has not eliminated the friend-enemy distinction; it has only made it more terrible."

"Technology is the externalization of human will."

"The subject of late capitalism is not a thinking being but a consuming function."

"Technology promises liberation but delivers new forms of subtle enslavement."

"Technology is not the solution to human problems, but often the source of new ones."

"The internet is a wonderful tool for connecting people who already agree with each other."

"Organized oblivion is the prerequisite for the smoothly functioning totalitarian machinery."

"The danger in the modern world is that the means become the end."

"The tragedy of the modern age is that we have machines but lack wisdom to use them."

"Modern technology amplifies the sovereign's capacity to declare and enforce exception."

"Modern technology intensifies the state's capacity for surveillance and control."

"Technology should serve humanity, not become its master."

"Technology is the expression of human will and desire."

"Technology is a tool; wisdom is how we use it."

"Technology is the will of the mind made manifest in material form."

"Technology extends human will into the material world."

"Technology should serve humanity, not enslave it."

"Technology should serve humanity, not dominate it."

"Technology and the arts are both expressions of the human desire to improve our condition."