“Science and technology have given us the power to create a new world, or to destroy the one we have.”— Harrison Brown
“The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values.”— Zbigniew Brzezinski
“The camera is not only an extension of the eye, but of the brain. It can see sharper, farther, nearer, slower, faster than the eye.”— Wynn Bullock
“Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanized private file and library... a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. It is an enlarged intimate supplement to his memory.”— Vannevar Bush
“A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.”— Vannevar Bush
“Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready-made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified.”— Vannevar Bush
“The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability; and something is bound to come of it.”— Vannevar Bush
“The UK's strength is not just London. There are incredible tech hubs in Manchester, Edinburgh, and beyond.”— Mike Butcher
“The Web is a collaborative medium, a place for discussion and the exchange of ideas.”— Robert Cailliau
“We need to move from a collection-centric to an analysis-centric intelligence enterprise.”— Stephen Cambone