Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Innovation is hard. It really is. Because most people don't get it. Remember, the automobile, the airplane, the telephone, these were all considered toys at their introduction because they had no constituency. They were too new.
For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There's many good things that come out of it, but also some bad things. All you can do is try to maximize the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff.
In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was supposed to be important.
Every new invention is like a baby. You think it may cure cancer or become the president, but in the end, you're happy it just stays out of jail.
New technologies, however remarkable they might seem, are fundamentally just tools made by people for people.
Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.
Nearly all inventions are not recognised for their positive side either when they're made. So, for example, scientists didn't go out to design a CD machine: they designed a laser. But we got all sorts of things from a laser which we never remotely imagined, and we're still finding things for a laser to do.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
We should have more invention.