"Now comes the second machine age. Computers and other digital advances are doing for mental power-the ability to use our brains to understand and shape our environments-what the steam engine and its descendants did for muscle power."

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Source : "The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies". Book by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, 2014.

Erik Brynjolfsson

#Brain Quotes #Age Quotes #Computer Quotes

“As far as the game of marbles is concerned, there is therefore no contradiction between the egocentric practice of games and the mystical respect entertained for rules. This respect is the mark of a mentality fashioned, not by free cooperation between equals, but by adult constraint.”
“To do what you wanna do, to leave a mark - in a way that you think is important and lasting - that's a life well-lived.”

Source : "Excerpts From Laurene Powell Jobs’ First Interview Since The Death Of Steve Jobs". Interview with Brian Williams, techcrunch.com. April 12, 2013.
“When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.”
“You have to maintain integrity at all times during your life.”
“Make me, dear Lord, polite and kind, To everyone, I pray. And may I ask you how you find Yourself, dear Lord, today?”
“I'm a perfectionist; there's always something we need to improve upon, and I think that's a really healthy model for artistic growth and progressing. I'm not ready for a masterpiece.”
“In the "Personal Story" segment tonight, the state of Oregon is extremely liberal in its state government and judicial system.That state has lenient drug laws, including wide access to medical marijuana.”
“Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love!”

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