Quotes on our relationship with technology
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A place to collect quotes about technology and its impact on us.
Byung-Chul Han interview by El País
We need information to be silenced. Otherwise, our brains will explode. Today we perceive the world through information. That’s how we lose the experience of being present. We are increasingly disconnected from the world. We are losing the world. The world is more than information, and the screen is a poor representation of the world.
Steve Krouse lunch with Alan Kay
And it’s not even about the time horizon. What the world needs now is so much grander than what so-called-problem-solvers propose. What we need today (or yesterday) is “real education as though we are in a war, to deal with the climate problem as though we are in a war, world health, human rights, etc. as though we are in a war.” Our culture now celebrates little wins and small hacks. We don’t have the patience, vision, or incentives to undertake the necessary solutions to our biggest problems.