Quote by Jaron Lanier
If we allow our self-congratulatory adoration of technology to dis

If we allow our self-congratulatory adoration of technology to distract us from our own contact with each other, then somehow the original agenda has been lost. – Jaron Lanier

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Were losing track of the vastness of the potential for computer science. We really have to revive the beautiful intellectual joy of it, as opposed to the business potential. – Jaron Lanier

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Advertising is the edge of what people know how to do and of human experience and it explains the latest ways progress has changed us to ourselves. – Jaron Lanier

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Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions. – Jaron Lanier

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With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly. – Geddy Lee

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For the last 10 years, Ive felt increasing pressure to stop shooting film and start shooting video, but Ive never understood why. Its cheaper to work on film, its far better looking, its the technology thats been known and understood for a hundred years, and its extremely reliable. – Christopher Nolan

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I know nothing about technology. – Jack Ma

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When ATM machines came out and people were prosecuted for robbing ATM machines, I dont think anybody thought the banks were against technology because they didnt want their ATM machines lifted. – Hilary Rosen

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