Technology Quotes
From the printing press to AI, these quotes explore humanity's relationship with its own inventions.
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"Technology must serve humanity, never dominate it."Michel Bakunin
"Technology reflects the values and intentions of its creators."Michel Bakunin
"Technology amplifies both human potential and human exploitation."Friedrich Engels
"Technology serves whoever controls it, not some neutral purpose."Friedrich Engels
"The question is not whether machines think, but whether they can suffer."Jeremy Bentham
"The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production."Karl Marx
"In the factory of the future, machines will do all the work while humans enjoy leisure."Karl Marx
"The printing press is a revolutionary force that challenges authority."Karl Marx
"Machinery is not opposed to labour, but only to labour for capital."Karl Marx
"Capitalism creates a world after its own image, constantly revolutionizing production."Karl Marx
"The development of productive forces is the material basis for human progress."Friedrich Engels
"Industry and competition reconstruct the world."Karl Marx
"Machinery is not evil, but only the capitalist use of it is."Karl Marx
"The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production."Karl Marx
"The modern subject experiences not freedom but an intensification of control through the mechanisms of pleasure itself."Michel Foucault
"Every institution produces knowledge not through neutral observation but through interested perspectives and hidden agendas."Michel Foucault
"I have never allowed anything mechanical on the breakfast table."Queen Victoria
"Technology is a tool; what matters is the wisdom with which we use it."Prince Metternich
"Technology, though useful, can never replace the human touch."Queen Victoria
"The machine is a dangerous master and a beneficial servant."Wilhelm II
"Technology should serve humanity, never the reverse."Queen Victoria
"The future will be shaped by those who understand the past."Queen Victoria
"The telegraph and the railway have made the world smaller but human nature remains unchanged."Wilhelm II
"The telephone is a marvel, but it cannot replace face-to-face discourse."Wilhelm II
"Progress is not always progress; sometimes we must go backward to go forward."Wilhelm II
"Technology is a tool; wisdom is how we choose to use it."William Gladstone
"Technology divorced from moral purpose becomes an instrument of our own destruction."William Gladstone
"The telegraph and railway are the true architects of modern power."Wilhelm II
"Technology and invention are reshaping the world in ways we scarcely comprehend."Queen Victoria
"Technology is a tool, not a master."Marie Antoinette