David Gelernter Quotes

Information imposes certain criteria on how it can be stored.

I just go to lunch. And I never know when something is going into the file and something is not.

We're not in an information age anymore. We're in the information management age.

What are the libraries of science but files of newspapers?

Everything is going to be connected to cloud and data... All of this will be mediated by software.

Second, we're spending a huge amount of money on technology so that everyone can check out laptops and portable phones. We're spending more money to write our existing information into databases or onto CD-ROM.

For information to be useful, it should be dynamic, searchable, and accessible.

There are considerable advantages to using many degrees of freedom to store information, stability and controllability being perhaps the most important.

Anything on paper is obsolete!

Seven is more than a lucky number or a famous baseball player's uniform. It's the brain's natural shepherd, herding vast amounts of information into manageable chunks.

It would be better for everyone if we deleted everything by default and saved the things that are important to us.

As I like to say, the entire collective memory of the species - that means all known and recorded information - is going to be just a few keystrokes away in a matter of years.

The more you eliminate the inefficient use of information, the better it is for productivity.

I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet.

... one of the things that will distinguish businesses into this next decade is ... how they use information.... I think it'll change culture, it'll change everything that you do. And I believe it'll differentiate the winners and the losers.

… science may implement the ways in which man produces, stores, and consults the record of the race....

I'm so concerned with morgues and libraries of the newspapers.

I have seen a man charged with revolutionizing incredibly complex government information technology systems who did not know how to use a thumb drive.

The objective of hypertext research is to save the planet.

Keeping records enhances the pleasure of the search and the chance of finding order and meaning in these events.

The amount of information, the amount of incoming that any administration has to deal with today and respond to much more rapidly than ever before, that makes it different.

While companies were getting comfy cozy with the idea of being on social media platforms, social media transcended those platforms, and few businesses have followed.

Filing is concerned with the past; anything you actually need to see again has to do with the future.

The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competitors, the best way to put distance between you and the crowd is to do an outstanding job with information. How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose.

I think something that's really understudied and misunderstood is the use of information.