Technological Solutions Quotes

I believe engineers will save the world.

I wouldn't put a big trust in what people in Silicon Valley say. They may be good at manipulating ones and zeroes and writing software, but beyond that, their contribution to human progress has been pretty dismal. I'm not impressed.

The global threat of 'Big Brother' can actually be conquered purely by technology.

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.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution does not just entail risks: it also brings solutions to humanitarian problems.

Part of what I wanted to do in my book was point out that we have almost reached the point where we can prevent a mass extinction with the science and technology we have today. We can build carbon neutral cities.

In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference?

To cure ALS medically is not economical. The realities are that it's difficult to find funding for research for a medical cure. I believe in developing technology as opposed to medical research. Technology can be economical.

Innovation and disruption are the hallmarks of the technology world, and hardly a moment passes when we are not thinking, doing, or talking about these topics.

I don't want to tell a story about how technological advancement is bad.

The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists.

I think, when I wrote 'Children of Jihad,' I wrote it with a very optimistic view of what technology can do. Today I maintain that optimistic view, but I'm also aware of the challenges we have. So I would say I'm not a techno-utopian, but I'm a techno-pragmatist.

We want to inspire everyone to recognize the positive social impact they can have if they choose to become technologists.

What we believe at Founders Fund is that technology is a way to help everybody on the planet.

We work in an industry where people invent technology to avoid what we create.

My greatest fear is not the abuse of technology but that we will not use it at all.

Many people and governments share the mistaken belief that science, with new, ingenious devices and techniques, can rescue us from the troubles we face without our having to mend our ways and change our patterns of activity. This is not so.

Each sector of the border faces unique geographical, cultural and technological challenges that would be best addressed with a flexible, sector-by-sector approach that empowers the Border Patrol agents on the ground with the resources they need. What you need in San Diego is very different from what you need in Eagle Pass, Tex.

The connections between people and land are dangerously oversimplified and mainly technological.

Techno-optimism is a belief in the power of technology to extend our sphere of possibilities and, ultimately, a belief that technology helps us solve and transcend problems, limitations and obstacles.

Technology is a wonderful tool, but also if used incorrectly a horrible tool. We're fascinated by all aspects of it, whatever makes our human lives easier on the planet, but eventually there will have to be some sort of merger. The fascination isn't going to die down.

Society has come to expect that American science and engineering will contribute to the general economic and social welfare.

Our ideological dilemmas won't ever be solved by machines.

Maybe we have enough technology to save the planet but it is not enough because the people are not ready.

I realized that there's a big world, and really, the only way you can make a critical impact on something greater than your own little world is through technology.