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"Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state."
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"He decided not to ask for details. Better to avoid exposing his ignorance even further."
"In terms of the Internet, it's like humanity acquiring a collective nervous system. Whereas previously we were more like a [?], like a collection of cells that communicated by diffusion. With the advent of the Internet, it was suddenly like we got a nervous system. It's a hugely impactful thing."
"Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do."
"In the short run, technology many be more efficient than man, but it will never be perfect. Every piece of equipment will eventually reveal an error code. In the long run, man will never be perfect, but prove to be more reliable than technology."
"A smartphone is an addictive device which traps a soul into a lifeless planet full of lives."
"Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it."
"Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society."
"The easiest way to obtain an updated version of a candidate's CV is via SocialMedia."
"Well, Naomi said cheerfully, "what's the worst that can happen? They were silent, considering that, because there were just so many possibilities. But in the end, it was a better idea than Facebook."
"S.M."Social Media or Social Menace?I'll leave it to you to work out."
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"I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!"
"I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese."
"As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of."
"You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really."
"As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book."
"I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness."
"Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state."
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