Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
Bill GatesRead
The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.
Interpretation
Technology should seamlessly integrate into daily life, becoming almost invisible.
Bill Gates emphasizes that the true advancement of technology occurs when it becomes a natural part of our lives, to the extent that we no longer consciously recognize its presence. This integration allows technology to enhance our everyday experiences without overwhelming or distracting us.
In practice
Using this quote in a tech conference to highlight the importance of user-friendly technology.
Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting effective teaching in every classroom, charting a path to college and careers for all students, and developing the tools to help all children stay motivated and engaged in their own education. The more states that adopt these college and career based standards, the closer we will be to sharing innovation across state borders and becoming more competitive as a country.
About three million computers get sold every year in China, people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. And as long as they're going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.
Internet TV and the move to the digital approach is quite revolutionary. TV has historically has been a broadcast medium with everybody picking from a very finite number of channels.
These four policy prescriptions - strengthening educational opportunities, revamping immigration rules for highly skilled workers, increasing federal funding for basic scientific research, and providing incentives for private-sector R&D - should in my view be top priorities as Congress and the Administration consider how to maintain the nation's leadership in science, technology, and innovation.
Sooner or later the Internet will become profitable. It's an old story played before by canals, railroads and automobiles.
Every time you write an email, it is in the public domain. There are all these ways where security is not as good as people believe.
Technology is causing a set of seemingly disconnected things - shortening of attention spans, polarization, outrage-ification of culture, mass narcissism, election engineering, addiction to technology.
As Irving Good realised in 1965, machines with superhuman intelligence could repeatedly improve their design even further, triggering what Vernor Vinge called a 'singularity.'
If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities.
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