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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My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is. – Iain Banks

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

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Daoist thought is the root of science and technology in China. – Joseph Needham

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Product management really is the fusion between technology, what engineers do – and the business side. – Marissa Mayer

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You can alter movie singing so much because you go into the recording studio and, just technology for recording has gotten so good, you can hold out a note and they can combine a note from take 2 and a note from take 8. – Anne Hathaway

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The goal for many amputees is no longer to reach a natural level of ability but to exceed it, using whatever cutting-edge technology is available. As this new generation sees it, our tools are evolving faster than the human body, so why obey the limits of mere nature? – Daniel H. Wilson

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Number one, cash is king… number two, communicate… number three, buy or bury the competition. – Jack Welch

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