Werner J. A. Dahm famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Birth is a shadow. Courage, self-sustained, outlords succession's phlegm, and needs no ancestors.

  • Innovation is hard because solving problems people didn't know they had & building something no one needs look identical at first.

  • You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.

  • Our system is not fit for purpose. It's inadequate in terms of its scope, it's inadequate in terms of its information technology, leadership, management systems and processes.

  • Although humans today remain more capable than machines for many tasks, by 2030 machine capabilities will have increased to the point that humans will have become the weakest component in a wide array of systems and processes. Humans and machines will need to become far more closely coupled, through improved human-machine interfaces and by direct augmentation of human performance

  • Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.

  • We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields.

  • A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.

  • Male sexual response is far brisker and more automatic. It is triggered easily by things - like putting a quarter in a vending machine.

  • I have had the feeling that a properly constructed flying-machine should be capable of being flown as a kite; and conversely, that a properly constructed kite should be capable of use as a flying-machine when driven by its own propellers.

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