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Most people who are on the inside of a technology have no idea what it's like to look at from an end user's point of view. This is why they have focus groups. I'm really familiar with this because I worked 10 years for Hallmark Cards in the U.S.

In technology, most things fail. Most companies fa... -Paul Allen

In technology, most things fail. Most companies fail.

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This quote acknowledges the high failure rate of technology and companies in the tech industry. It implies that innovation and risk-taking are common in technological endeavors. It reflects on the challenging and competitive nature of the technology sector.

As technology increasingly takes over knowledge-based work, the cognitive skills that are central to today's education systems will remain important; but behavioral and non-cognitive skills necessary for collaboration, innovation, and problem solving will become essential as well.

My view is we should be doing everything we can to come up with ways of exploiting the current technology effectively.

We're in this transition period of figuring out how to deal with all the new technology that is out there, but television still proves to be the granddaddy of them all.

We're not just limited by technology but by our ideas and our experimentation and how quickly we can try things.

The purpose of technology is not to confuse the br... -William S. Burroughs

The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body.

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This quote emphasizes that the primary objective of technology is not to create complexity but to fulfill practical needs and enhance human capabilities. It implies that technology should be user-friendly and focused on improving daily life. It reflects on the user-centered design approach to technology.

Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest.

There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians.

You just have to adapt, and you have to realize where people are going to actually play their games. It used to just be Nintendo and PlayStation, and now it's all kind of devices. So you've got to learn to adapt what you know from the technology into those areas... I've been wanting to do a mobile game for a long time.

On YouTube, women are not just users; they're creators. They're learning about business and technology, and having a voice.

Gene therapy technology is much like computing technology. We had to build the super computer which cost $8 million in 1960. Now everyone has technologies that work predictably and at a cost the average person can afford.

In 1993, Israel and North Korea were moving towards an agreement in which North Korea would stop sending any missiles or military technology to the Middle East and Israel would recognize that country. President Clinton intervened and blocked it.

Floating the idea that every kid in Brixton can become a whizkid at information technology is dishonest.

Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.

Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology.

Many a fine SF story uses science or technology merely as backdrop. Many a fine SF story presumes a technological breakthrough and explores its implications without attempting to predict how the thing might actual work.

If you really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, you've got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology.

The scientific community should work as hard as possible to address major issues that affect our everyday lives such as climate change, infectious diseases and counterterrorism; in particular, 'clean energy' research deserves far higher priority. And science and technology are the prime routes to tackling these issues.

If information wants to be free, then that's true ... -Mitch Kapor

If information wants to be free, then that's true everywhere, not just in information technology.

If you think about brewing, it is biotechnology. And I would say that I was a technologist at heart. So whether I... fermented beer or whether I fermented enzymes, the base technology was the same.

When I first read 'Lord of the Rings,' I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time, the technology wasn't there; there was no such thing as CGI.

See, technology can advance yield and productivity, but only public policy can advance the income of farmers. There has to be a synergy between technology and public policy.

Virtual reality is a technology that could actually allow you to connect on a real human level, soul-to-soul, regardless of where you are in the world.

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help us know what to say.

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

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This quote suggests that relying solely on mechanization or automation can lead to mediocrity in certain contexts. It implies that human involvement and creativity are essential for achieving excellence. It reflects on the limitations of mechanization in some endeavors.

The world has today 546 nuclear plants generating electricity. Their experience is being continuously researched, and feedback should be provided to all. Nuclear scientists have to interact with the people of the nation, and academic institutions continuously update nuclear power generation technology and safety.

One of the biggest problems that software developers face is that technology changes rapidly. It is very hard to stay current.

Technological defeatism - a belief that, since a given technology is here to stay, there's nothing we can do about it other than get on with it and simply adjust our norms - is a persistent feature of social thought about technology. We'll come to pay for it very dearly.

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