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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My goal for technology has always been to reach a point where the technological mediation becomes invisible. – 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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Growing up, I wish that Id had the supplies and laptops and all the new technology thats out right now. – James Harden

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I see technology as being an extension of the human body. – David Cronenberg

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I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the idea that if you use the technology you have to throw other things out of the window. – John Eaton

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