Technology Ponderers Gifts

"Then on a lark, I made the foolish mistake of writing a program that did what I did."

"His first day as campus police and he just saw too many kids with backpacks and electronic devices in their hands."

Jean-Paul Sartre

"Space is curved and time is relative? Yeah, OK...I'm calling you a cab right now, buddy."

'Einstein's blackboard as he left it'

"What's an imagination? It was something kids used to enjoy before they invented video games."

'As you know, some of us can't keep up with the pace of new technology.'

Progress?

are you so alienated from any real form of community that you can no longer distinguish between belonging and conforming?

"Genetic engineering has made us disease resistant."

"Of course it sends your message digitally. If you want analogue we'll have to saddle up old Bessie."

"Gramps, you were alive before everyone knew what you were doing on social media... What was that called?" "Bliss!"

CREEPY AF AI

The Loneliness of Power

'Revolution? I thought you creatures said you wanted Evolution!'

"The selfie of Dorian Gray"

'It seems like a good invention now, but someday there'll be millions of these things, all crashing into each other.'

"An equation for your thoughts?"

'Is it me or do these new led street lights wash out the reds and yellows?'

'When will it be o.k. to feel irrationally exuberant again?'

'Your cat seems to have thought outside the box, Mr. Schrodinger.'

Actualities - Dream of the inventor of the needle-gun on All Souls' Day

Bertrand Russell

"One thing I'll say for us, Meyer--we never stooped to popularizing science."

'Well, so much for that round-earth theory of yours, smart guy.'

"It is the complete works of shakespeare alright but the pig's claiming he wrote them."

Replaced by a Robot...

"'Cogito, ergo sum' is all very well for you, but what about me?"

"If you never date a prediction it can't be proved wrong."

Deep intellectual thoughts, but not enough common sense to keep from falling off a wall

"I can remember when all we needed was someone who could carve and someone who could sew."

If a cell phone vibrates in the woods, does anyone give a damn?

Your weight and fortune. What you'll weigh now...what you'll weigh 10 years from now.

"Why, sir, I'm beginning to think you don't value my creativity!"

Intelligent Technology - blessing or curse?