The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology. Ernst Friedrich Schumacher
Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to. Howard Mumford Jones
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and Tequila. Mitch Ratcliffe
The screen provides a refuge, a mediated world that is more predictable, more tractable, and above all safer than the recalcitrant world of things. We flock to the virtual because the real demands too much of us. Nicholas Carr
Books: a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens. Nicholson Baker
Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts. Tim O'Reilly
As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of 'do it yourself.' Marshall McLuhan
All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values. Marshall McLuhan
A technology is not an independent or alien object, it complements integrally our sensory and cognitive system; as a medium, it conditions not only communication modes but also the way we perceive and conceive our environment. When these ratios change men change. Marshall McLuhan
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. Arthur C. Clarke
