"What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people."

Technology, Time, People, Revolution

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"What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people."

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"I'm sure there will continue to be exciting new products and major changes, but it looks as if the existing technology has a great deal of room to grow and prosper."

Jack Kilby, American Scientist

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"We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often 'crash' when we tried to use them."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

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"Computers seem a little too adaptively flexible, like the strange natives, odd societies, and head cases we study in the social sciences. There's more opposable thumb in the digital world than I care for; it's awfully close to human."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

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"Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, as of tomorrow, technology won't create problems. Technology simply means increased power, which is why we have the global problems we face today."

Jared Diamond, American Author

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"The multidimensional digital effects provide impressive advantages in terms of the speed of delivery, the quality of information for decision making, and the wisdom of digital workforce."

Pearl Zhu, American Author

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"You know, technology CEOs like to think of themselves as rock 'n roll stars."

James Daly, American Actor

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"There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today."

Jackie Stewart, Scottish Athlete

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"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."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

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"Magic, like technology, is a tool."

Mercedes Lackey, American Author

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"A machine is more blameless, more sinless even than any animal. It has no intentions whatsoever but our own."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

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"Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge."

Behavior,

"The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces."

Evil,

"Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can."

Power, Act, Heroes, Motives

"One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us."

Being,

"Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed."

Being, Beliefs, Curiosity, Hurt

"What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people."

Technology, Time, People, Revolution

"I was discriminated against because I was Jewish, Italian, black and Puerto Rican. But maybe the worst prejudice I experienced was against the poor. I grew up on welfare and often had to move in the middle of the night because we couldn't pay the rent."

Night, Poor, Prejudice, Welfare

"Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse."

Evil,

"I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?"

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"I started studying shyness in adults in 1972. Shyness operates at so many different levels. Out of that research came the Stanford shyness clinic in 1977."

Research, Shyness