Technology Quotes
From the printing press to AI, these quotes explore humanity's relationship with its own inventions.
12000 quotes
"Technology without ecological consciousness is a weapon against ourselves."James Lovelock
"Technology's greatest achievement would be making itself unnecessary for human flourishing."James Lovelock
"Technology extends our nervous system but does not replace it."Humberto Maturana
"Technology is merely a tool; the human mind remains the greatest instrument of discovery."James Watson
"You look at any major technological advance and before long you realize it had its roots in an earlier era, often quite far back."Francis Crick
"Technology is a tool; it reflects the wisdom or foolishness of those who create it."James Lovelock
"Technology is an extension of human cognition."Humberto Maturana
"The internet has revolutionized the way we communicate and share ideas."Richard Dawkins
"The advent of DNA sequencing has revolutionized our understanding of life itself."Francis Crick
"Technology is a tool, but it is not a solution. Only wisdom can solve our deepest problems."James Lovelock
"Every technology we create carries within it unforeseen consequences. Wisdom lies in understanding and accepting this."James Lovelock
"DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created."Richard Dawkins
"The internet is a powerful tool for spreading both truth and falsehood with equal efficiency."Richard Dawkins
"Technology is merely a tool; wisdom is knowing how to use it."Francis Crick
"Technology has amplified both human wisdom and human folly."Francis Crick
"Technology is a tool; wisdom is knowing when and how to use it."Lise Meitner
"Technology is only a tool. The real science is in the thinking."Vera Rubin
"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done."Grace Hopper
"The most important thing to remember about computers is that they are machines."Grace Hopper
"I think the real issue is whether or not you can make a computer understand English."Grace Hopper
"The digital age has made us all connected and yet paradoxically more isolated than ever before."Richard Dawkins
"Technology amplifies our capacity for both good and harm – the choice is ours."Richard Dawkins
"I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted."Alan Turing
"We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields."Alan Turing
"It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers."Alan Turing
"The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be carried out by a human computer."Alan Turing
"Intelligent machinery will be the white elephant of the electronics industry."Alan Turing
"A machine can be interrogated in a normal manner without having to be examined by scientists."Alan Turing
"It will be practically impossible to discriminate the machine from the human being."Alan Turing
"I am convinced that machines can and will think."Alan Turing