#machines

But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers. ↗

— Lewis Hyde

#culture #machines #money #poetry #money

When you're dealing with machines or anything that you build, it either works or it doesn't, no matter how good of a salesman you are. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#build #dealing #either #good #how

If the Net becomes the center of the universe, which is what seems to be happening, then the dizzying array of machines that will be plugged into it will virtually guarantee that the specifics of which chip and which operating system you've got will be irrelevant. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#becomes #center #chip #dizzying #got

In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#becomes #economy #frequent #important #increase

I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#i #idea #love #machines #personality

It was one of those great miracles of history that they managed to smuggle an Enigma machines out to Britain just before they were invaded by the Nazis. ↗

— Michael Apted

#britain #enigma #great #history #invaded

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation. ↗

— Jean Arp

#after #back #contemplation #day #devices

I occasionally go to the gym and I lift free weights, I don't use machines. ↗

— Eric Bana

#go #gym #i #lift #machines

I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness. ↗

— Iain Banks

#argue #consciousness #could #exhibit #find

In many biological structures proteins are simply components of larger molecular machines. ↗

— Michael Behe

#components #larger #machines #many #molecular