I love technology, and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it. So there's no - you can't really blame anything on the technology. It's just the way people use it, and it always has been.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes that the impact of technology and science depends on how people choose to use them.
Steve Martin highlights the dual nature of technology and science, suggesting that they are not inherently good or bad. Instead, their value is determined by human usage. This statement reflects the idea that responsibility lies with individuals in how they leverage advancements in technology, indicating that blame cannot be placed solely on the tools themselves but rather on the choices made by users.
In practice
In a discussion about technology's impact on society, one might say, 'As Steve Martin said, it's all in how we use it.'
When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines. I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.
You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.
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As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.
More than anything else, technology will pave the way for innovative change at Starbucks. The bulk of Starbucks' innovation over the next several years will be technology-focused.
Even though you can't get along without your smartphone, there are not many essential services on your smartphone. They're mostly convenience; you could live without it. Essential means you die without it. A gadget that warns you're about to have a heart attack - that's essential. We're about to go into that phase with smartphones.
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Customers need to be given control of their own data-not being tied into a certain manufacturer so that when there are problems they are always obliged to go back to them.
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