Quote by Richard Powers
What we can do should never by itself determine what we choose to

What we can do should never by itself determine what we choose to do, yet this is the way technology tends to work. – Richard Powers

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Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery. – Richard Powers

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The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that were disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning. – Richard Powers

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Imagination
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I think that if the novels task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life – technology and science. – Richard Powers

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Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its presence. – Godfrey Reggio

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If your goal is anything but profitability – if its to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader – youll hit problems. – Michael Porter

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So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology. – Daniel Yergin

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My problem is that I like technology, but I always have to ask myself, Now wait a minute, will I actually have any use for this? – Jerry Zucker

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