I know about the tech industry in that I follow what apps are hot and software development. I know my way around different browsers. I know how to restart a computer.
I'm a little bit of a techie.
I am not anti-technology; I am pro-conversation.
We need to make sure that we are using technology, and technology is not using us.
You can and must understand computers now.
If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.
I don't think people understand the power of social media or our phones.
I understand Twitter much more than I understand Tumblr.
The average consumer does not know the difference between browser, Internet and search box.
Barack Obama was a president who understood not only how technology could transform the way government services worked but also technology itself. He got it.
I like science fiction. I am quite a technologically kind of up-to-date person. I like seeing what the new developments are.
If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use technology rather than be used by it.
Technology is mostly a force for good, but it has its downsides, too. I want my students - and my readers - to be intelligently skeptical about technology and be informed about the good and the not-so-good parts.
I'm definitely not up-to-date on the high-tech videogame world.
