William Gibson Quotes

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.

Ultimately, what the tech industry really cares about is ushering in the future, but it conflates technological progress with societal progress.

Technological change is both familiar and easy to observe.

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.

Even IBM can't stand in the way of progress... for more than a decade.

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

If you run from technology, it will chase you.

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.

We live in times of wonderful technology and crappy politics. The task before us now is not to let the latter destroy the former.

The future of the world is in the palm of the tech community.

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 coming changes in technology will be as profound as the creation of the Internet.

Sometimes, in Silicon Valley, there is this attitude that we know best and we can change the world. The boldness allows us to invent the future. But, we need more empathy for those who are left behind and a recognition that Silicon Valley can't just call the shots and expect change.

We live in a world defined by the rapid pace of technological change.

In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will.

People who feared IBM were wrong, ... Technology is ever-changing.

Technology will always win. You can delay technology by legal interference, but technology will flow around legal barriers.

Every age thinks it's the modern age, but this one really is. Electricity is going to change everything. Everything!

I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world. People who are pessimistic about the future tend to extrapolate from the present in a straight line. But innovation fundamentally shifts the trajectory of development.

Many people have tried to define science fiction. I like to call it the literature of exploration and change. While other genres obsess upon so-called eternal verities, SF deals with the possibility that our children may have different problems. They may, indeed, be different than we have been.

Technology is always evolving, and companies.. not just search companies.. can't be afraid to take advantage of change.

Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.

Regular crises perpetuate the past by reinvigorating cycles which started long ago. In contrast, (capital-C) Crises are the past's death knell. They function like laboratories in which the future is incubated. They have given us agriculture and the industrial revolution, technology and the labour contract, killer germs and antibiotics. Once they strike, the past ceases to be a reliable predictor of the future and a brave new world is born.

There are two things that have been happening over the last few decades in my opinion. First, there have been unbelievable, remarkable, pioneering advances in technology and, second, an equal amount of evolution in creativity. These two shifts are meeting at an intersection.

Science is the future of mankind.