Karl Schroeder famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Introducing a technology is not a neutral act--it is profoundly revolutionary. If you present a new technology to the world you are effectively legislating a change in the way we all live. You are changing society, not some vague democratic process. The individuals who are driven to use that technology by the disparities of wealth and power it creates do not have a real choice in the matter. So the idea that we are giving people more freedom by developing technologies and then simply making them available is a dangerous illusion.
-- Karl Schroeder

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Peter Watts has taken the core myths of the First Contact story and shaken them to pieces. The result is a shocking and mesmerizing performance, a tour-de-force of provocative and often alarming ideas. It is a rare novel that has the potential to set science fiction on an entirely new course. Blindsight is such a book.
-- Karl Schroeder

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Foresight is not about predicting the future, it's about minimizing surprise.
-- Karl Schroeder

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There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.
I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is.
My mom's a psychologist, and I think that has influenced me on a personal level. Plus, I'm just generally interested in visualization and humanity, social activity and technology, and what happens in aggregate.
The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to the customer and then they adopt the technology. The great thing about 'freemium' and the new way enterprise software is being sold is you get to try it first and then buy it.
I interned at Miramax and subsequently at Paramount because I was really curious about the future of entertainment - how were we going to get films online? While the inspiration for Box didn't come from that experience directly, it was very obvious that bigger businesses had a lot of slow processes and cumbersome technology.
I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.
Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.
Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
I said, â€˜Thereâ€™s one idea Iâ€™ve been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. Itâ€™s Woodrow Wilson.â€™

Karl Schroeder famous quotes

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