Quote by Iain Banks
Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesnt matt

Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesnt matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state. – Iain Banks

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Torture is such a slippery slope as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons. – Iain Banks

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Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities. – Iain Banks

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We all rely on technology to communicate, to survive, to do our banking, to shop, to get informed, but none of us knows how to read and write the code. – will.i.am

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Technology

Advertisers are not thinking radically enough – they look for technology to lead instead of trying the neuroscience approach and thinking about what parts of the brain havent been activated before. These new experiences bring new capabilities to the brain. – Jaron Lanier

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Technology

I knew from the beginning that privacy was going to be a huge issue, especially with regard to applying Total Information Awareness in counterterrorism. Because if the technology development was successful, a logical place to apply it was inside the United States. – John Poindexter

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Technology

Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that disco music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they didnt need a band in the clubs, the DJ played it on a disc. – will.i.am

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Technology

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I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning. – Arthur Hailey

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