Gregory Benford Quotes

Any technology that is distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Innovation and disruption are the hallmarks of the technology world, and hardly a moment passes when we are not thinking, doing, or talking about these topics.

No particular technology lasts for long.

We live in a dynamic time, where the rate of change and the rate of innovation are very high. It’s not equal in all segments or sectors of the economy, but we are seeing a lot of innovation in certain sectors, and I expect that to continue.

Science fiction is the very literature of change.

Technological change is both familiar and easy to observe.

So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want.

As technology continues to increase our possibilities, what we're seeing is a shrinking of the lag time between what we dream about and what we create.

I'm a futurist. Technology is our way out of almost every problem we have. Technology can create a new sense of community.

It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek,' that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today.

With science fiction there's endless possibilities.

It's a brave new world.

Good, bad or indifferent, if you are not investing in new technology, you are going to be left behind.

No one has ever been able to stop the process and evolution of technology, not even I.B.M. That is going to continue. Those who grab it and move ahead with it will determine the future in this industry.

I think Google is a great company, and they're doing really cool things. But they're not doing things that are going to put us, I think, into the next generation of technology.

Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.

We know that, when it comes to technology and the economy, if you're not constantly moving forward, then - without a doubt - you're moving backwards.

I often have said to people that there are really two cities in the country where the outlook is always forward-looking - there is never really a backward-looking tendency. My banking work has taken me out to Palo Alto, what is commonly called Silicon Valley. And you sense out there is always a forward-looking outlook. And New York City.

The reality is regulation often lags behind innovation.

My little self-analysis is that consumer technology is the closest thing we have to magic. You push a button and something happens at your command. The things that get me fired up the most have always been the things that seem the most magical.

Digitization is certainly challenging the old ways of doing things, whether that's in publishing or politics. But it's not the end. In many ways, it is just the beginning.

In the year 3000, everything will be instant.

I'm a futurist.

Everything that we are making, we are making more and more complex.