Harlan Ellison Quotes

The benefits of having robots could vastly outweigh the problems.

I hate the fact that so much of our life is computerised rather than mechanised.

We were promised a simpler life, and technology has only complicated our lives.

Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

Technology has the ability to intervene when humans fail.

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

It's hard to think of a single human function that technology hasn't somehow altered, apart perhaps from burping. That's pretty much all we have left.

Pretty soon we'll have robots in our society, you're going to have a lot of automated processes that used to be done by people - this is happening. Society and technology is changing so fast, and the impact of the change on society and technology is global, not local.

A major one which no one can overlook is technological and based on inventions and discoveries which have altered the whole basis of production and deeply affected social relations.

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

I grew up before computers. Computers are changing things, not all for the good.

Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you.

If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.

Obviously technology has become such a big presence in our lives and, I definitely know, in my life.

The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.

Without even thinking about it, my son uses technology in almost everything he does, large and small.

Some people think technology has the answers.

The revolution is really easy to do nowadays.

I just want the future to happen faster. I can't imagine the future without robots.

Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.

Computers do the calculating to allow people to transform the world.

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.

It was a case of the technology catching up with the problem.

Our technology has already outstripped our ability to control it.