Technology has to be invented or adopted.Jared DiamondTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“Technology has to be invented or adopted.
“Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last 13,000 years?”Jared DiamondContinents
“It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received from the Old World.”Jared Diamond
“You should not be a slave to your telephone. The technology is there to serve you, not the other way around.”Martin CooperTechnology
“There is a downside to affordable technology, and that's mediocrity. I mean, just 'cause you can afford it don't mean you can do it.”Melvin Van PeeblesTechnology
“Languages evolve; ideas blend together. In computer technology, we all stand on others' shoulders.”Paul Allen
“No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment.”Jared DiamondSociety
“I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book... and I began putting more work into environmental history.”Jared DiamondEnvironmental
“Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.”Jared DiamondAffecting
“Technology people have as much interest in protecting patents as the entertainment industry.”Ted WaittTechnology
“It takes a huge amount of effort to move from a successful high-tech prototype to broader adoption of an imaging technology.”Eric BetzigTechnology
“Inspiring children at an early age is key, and perhaps we need to put technology in a more social context.”Simon Baron-CohenTechnology