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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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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 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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There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity. – Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

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You cannot make thousands of universities or hundreds of thousands of professors, but with technology and the Internet you can have great courses and make a digital university. – Carlos Slim

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Technology

First, I do not think there is any silver bullet to solving the technology side of the security equation. – John W. Thompson

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Technology

I dont hate technology, I dont hate hackers, because thats just what comes with it, without those hackers we wouldnt solve the problems we need to solve, especially security. – Fred Durst

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Technology

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