Michael Pryor Quotes
There are art forms we don't know about yet that will be enabled by technology we haven't invented yet.
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We want to be on the edge of technology all of the time. We think long-term.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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Tokyo in the late 1960s seemed to be like one of the futures that science fiction presents. Here was the proto- super-technology of the future, electronically, robotically, blahblahblah, intercut with traditional Japanese cultural patterns, Shinto patterns.
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Computing technology started out as number-crunching.
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I've always been fascinated by the brain. I wrote a lot about brain-tech in my first non-fiction book, 'More Than Human.' So when I decided to write science fiction, that was the technology I gravitated towards.
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In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.
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I am extraordinarily fascinated by the future of technology. We are in the early infancy of technology, and we have an opportunity to guide how technology develops and integrates into our lives. I talk a lot about the 'invisible interface,' or the idea that we can utilize technology without being absorbed into a screen.
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Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.
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It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.
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In the 'stealth era,' battlefield strength might just be dictated by the level of stealth or invisibility technology at the disposal of combatants. This is likely to trigger a scientific and technological race, as well as provide new platforms for countries to enhance their prestige domestically and internationally.
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I had originally wanted to be a lawyer. Even when I went to college and majored in engineering, I still thought I'd get a law degree. Then I started taking electrical engineering classes where I saw some of the innovation happening around computers and solid-state technology in the mid '80s.
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My mode of presentation is short-form video - basically I create fast cut, impassioned 'idea explainers' that explode with enthusiasm and intensity as they distill how technology is expanding our sphere of possibility.
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Westerns give people a chance to see wide-open spaces and life before technology took over.
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I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy.
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As our smartphone becomes even smarter, mobile technology should actually take the burden out of our daily lives.
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I like the idea of using all this science and technology to allow for our clients to have a deeper insight into the market.
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In a flash order transaction, buy or sell orders are shown to a collection of high-frequency traders for just 30 milliseconds before they are routed to everyone else. They are widely considered to give the few investors with access to the technology an unfair advantage, even by some of the marketplaces that offer the flash orders for a fee.
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More people are working in jobs that are interactive technology based or find a basis in intellectual property.
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I think my favorite thing is songwriting.
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I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.
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A society that put more emphasis on birth than ability was likely to breed ability out of its ruling class.
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Once a fighter becomes enamoured with another, to the point where they can't perform and compete, you have got problems.
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There are art forms we don't know about yet that will be enabled by technology we haven't invented yet.
