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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This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling, or about politics and idea, is just a false binary. Ideas are an expression of the feelings and the intense emotions we hold about the world. – Richard Powers

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Politics
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I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a new design. – Richard Powers

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design
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I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects. – Richard Powers

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Technology
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For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace. – Dennis Ritchie

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Technology

Lo! Men have become the tools of their tools. – Henry David Thoreau

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Technology

I think that there are changes that have occurred in technology that make is that more people can have the same level of information that I have. My advantage is that Im very good at interpreting the information. – Jim Cramer

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Technology

Ive been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own. – St. Vincent

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Technology

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Im into The Walking Dead, Shaun of the Dead, obviously, and Ive seen all the Romero movies. I am a classic zombie queen. And I love the White Walkers on Game of Thrones. Weirdly, it wasnt until pretty late in life that I found my entry point into horror films. – Anna Kendrick

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