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It is impossible to work in information technology without also en

It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering. – Jaron Lanier

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My parents were kind of like me in that they had tons and tons of weird, amazing stuff. – Jaron Lanier

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The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when theres a single numeric average. But if its a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and thats crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. – Jaron Lanier

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I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because its too expensive to change the interface. – Jaron Lanier

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Its hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology nowadays. You tend to develop a faster, speedier mind, but I dont think its necessarily broader or smarter. – Robert Redford

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As a matter of fact, when compression technology came along, we thought the future in 1996 was about voice. We got it wrong. It is about voice, video, and data, and that is what we have today on these cell phones. – Steve Buyer

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Technology

From a technical point of view, there seemed to me to be absolutely no reason why – with the existing technology – we couldnt do very high quality audio, because whereas the boom in digital graphics is ongoing, the boom in digital audio has already happened. – Thomas Dolby

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We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new. – Michael Eisner

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The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything. – Colin Greenwood

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If you pay attention to the world, its an amazing place. If you dont, its whatever you think it is. – Reggie Watts

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Its cool to express myself, but Ive had to learn that doing interviews isnt completely therapy – spilling everything about yourself isnt healthy all the time. But Ive been through things that have made me a stronger person, and if I can help some people, I will. – Fergie

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