Jamais Cascio Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“Fluid intelligence doesn't look much like the capacity to memorise and recite facts, the skills that people have traditionally associated with brainpower.”

“Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive new development might appear.”

“We've already seen digital picture frames pre-loaded with viruses; I'm not eager to have my refrigerator hacked or my alarm clock turned against me.”

“A good scenario doesn't make a good science fiction story - but it's a setting within which a good science fiction story might be told.”

“As useful as websites and journals are, there's real value in books, too.”

“Being connected to the Internet means being vulnerable to coordinated actions that can knock down walls of secrecy and shatter mechanisms of control.”

“Crackdowns on Internet content make clear the need for an anonymized Web. Now, someone just needs to implement it.”

“Don't expect to be able to upload your cat's brain into your Roomba any time soon.”

“Is there a better example of natural selection in action than 'Project Runway?'”

“It's remarkably easy to dig up enormous amounts of information about individuals, without their consent.”