Vernor Vinge Quotes About Technology

Quotes about: Technology

• I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.

  Vernor Vinge

  Technology, Natural, Possibility

  "The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era". Book by Vernor Vinge, 1993.

• So much technology, so little talent.

  Vernor Vinge

  Technology, Littles, Talent

  Vernor Vinge (2011). “Rainbow's End”, p.52, Pan Macmillan

• Here I had tried a straightforward extrapolation of technology, and found myself precipitated over an abyss. It's a problem we face every time we consider the creation of intelligences greater than our own. When this happens, human history will have reached a kind of singularity - a place where extrapolation breaks down and new models must be applied - and the world will pass beyond our understanding.

  Vernor Vinge

  Technology, Understanding, World

  Vernor Vinge (2002). “The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge”, p.44, Macmillan

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