Ethics in technology is essential in the decades to come.

— Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host., Born 1978

Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.

— James Carwell

Technology is literally an extension of man, as the ax is an extension of the hand, the wheel as an extension of the foot. Communications technology, on the other hand, is an extension of thought, of consciousness, of man’s unique perceptual capacities. Thus, communication media, broadly used to include all modes all symbolic representation, are literally extensions of mind.

— Marshall McLuhan, Canadian professor, philosopher, and public intellectual, with a focus on media theory, as well as practical applications in the advertising and television industries, 1911-1980

We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.

— Marshall McLuhan, Canadian professor, philosopher, and public intellectual, with a focus on media theory, as well as practical applications in the advertising and television industries, 1911-1980
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