This past week Bill Gates appeared on the Today show. They showed a 1992 interview with Tom Brokaw where Gates predicted that “electronic mail” would become one of the “next big things” and expressed surprise that it had not happened sooner.
Here are a few of my favorite technology related quotes including two others from Bill. Try to match the quote to the person (answer key below):
1.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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A.
Jean Arp
(sculptor, painter, poet)
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2.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our
humanity
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B. Dave
Barry
(columnist/humorist)
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3.
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire
hydrant.
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C. Arthur
C. Clarke
(science fiction author)
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4.
Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The
answer is one word: versions.
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D. Albert
Einstein
(smart guy)
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5.
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
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E.
Bill Gates
(Harvard drop-out)
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6.
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast
as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have
equal value.
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F.
Bill Gates
(See above)
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7.
The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying
than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
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G. Mitchell Kapor
(founder of Lotus)
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8.
Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man* has turned his back on
silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise
and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation.
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H. Carl
Sagan
(astronomer/author)
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9.
Men* have become the tools of their tools.
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I. Henry
David Thoreau
(author, poet, philosopher)
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10.
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
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J. Oscar
Wilde
(Irish writer and poet)
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* What about women?
Answer Key: 1=C, 2=D, 3=G, 4=B, 5=E/F, 6=H, 7=J, 8=A, 9=I, 10=E/F
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