Susan Orlean Quotes

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.

If you run from technology, it will chase you.

The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk.

You always need to be on the lookout for the next kind of great technology.

In a modern and innovative society, where advancements are plentiful and communication is instantaneous, science and technology are a part of everyday life.

Technology is probably the single biggest driver of productivity gains for the developed countries. For example, I think it's much more important than free trade.

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 don't think love for technology itself breeds change.

I'm very pro-science and pro-technology; I believe that these have been key drivers of progress in the world in the last centuries.

Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state.

Name anything - high-definition TV, computer obsolescence - and I'm pretty much annoyed by it.

We humans have a love-hate relationship with our technology. We love each new advance and we hate how fast our world is changing... The robots really embody that love-hate relationship we have with technology.

All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations. This revolution has produced the most powerful and diverse spur to innovation of any in modern times.

We can trust technology to effect change - that's a given.

We adapt to technological progress by raising our minimum standards of living and working to stay above this rising threshold.

I am very fond of technology and like to keep pace with change.

Every time there is a major shift in technology, it's been hugely exciting and scary at the same time. I have seen some really drastic changes in technology, like shooting only film to video to digital.

The tech world is not a new phenomenon; it's a new era.

Technology is central to Development. It touches one and all, and is an important instrument of our national progress.

This would only come if you have a revolutionary change in technology like the jet brought about.

Digital technology is the same revolution as adding sound to pictures and the same revolution as adding color to pictures. Nothing more and nothing less.

Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.

Tech innovation is something societies have to pursue as vigorously as they can. We have to innovate civically and socially at the same rate; otherwise, you create unfortunate disruptions, and that's where you have people opposing technological innovations.

Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.

Technology changes all the time; human nature, hardly ever.