“Foucault's analysis of power/knowledge is crucial for understanding how digital technologies operate as mechanisms of social control.”— Mark Poster
“With a computer, you can make more mistakes faster than with any other invention, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.”— Jerry Pournelle
“There is a digital divide. But the solution is not to hand out computers. The solution is to get behind the problems of the digital divide.”— Michael K. Powell
“The VA must be a 21st-century organization, leveraging technology to better serve our veterans.”— Anthony Principi
“Don't just ask 'What problems does this solve?' Also ask 'What problems does this create?'”— Eric S. Raymond
“Technology is a double-edged sword. It can be a great liberator, but it can also be a great tyrant.”— Steve Reich
“I found a new passion in computers. It was a world where my past didn't matter, only what I could create.”— Tommy Rettig
“Anything that is theoretically possible will be accomplished in practice, if it is desired. It is only a matter of time.”— Hyman G. Rickover
“The new technologies are not just tools. They are the new social and economic architecture of the 21st century.”— Jeremy Rifkin
“We have to be very careful not to do anything that would threaten the stability of the internet.”— Jay Rockefeller
“I began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.”— Galen Rowell
“The great advantage of the new techniques of radio astronomy is that they enable us to see the universe in a new light.”— Martin Ryle