top of page
"I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology, to purchase and use recreational drugs, to enjoy and purchase so-called 'vices', to be free of intruders, and to privacy."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Technology quotes

"It feels wistful to imagine a time when people didn't go about their daily routine with the assumption that at any moment another massive media technology will be dumped on us by some geek in California."

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

"In old days, instead of asking a teacher, people looked at the dictionary to know the complete definition of teacher. Now Google becomes our teacher and to know about Google, people Google it."

"Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students."

"Oh, Wikipedia, with your tension between those who would share knowledge and those who would destroy it."

"In this fast-paced digitally connected world, your competitor is only a WhatsApp message away. Be reachable by every medium possible."

"You can get digital technology that almost is film quality, and go make little films and do everything you can to find a little understanding of your own voice and it will grow - Don't take no for an answer - Take every opportunity you can to do something."

"Search engines finds the information, not necessarily the truth."

"I wonder who had the first computer dream, where, and when? I wonder if computers ever dream of humans."

"I support any procedure that allows photographers to express themselves, whether that involves color, black and white, platinum, palladium and digital technology."
Explore more quotes by Bram Cohen

"The next release of mainline is going to have a lot of the advanced features people want, by the way."

"Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail."

"My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters."

"It's always hard to predict what's coming up next. My main guess is that content creators will increasingly start using BitTorrent to distribute their own work directly."

"The mark of a mature programmer is willingness to throw out code you spent time on when you realize it's pointless."

"I can come off as pretty arrogant, but it's because I know I'm right. I'm very, very good at writing protocols. I've accomplished more working on my own than I ever did as part of a team."

"In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires me to work strict hours or follow a dress code. I don't know if that's an Asperger's thing or not, I think it's just being reasonable."

"You get so tired of having your work die. I just wanted to make something that people would actually use."

"My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes."
bottom of page