It's hard to think of any tool, any instrument, any object in history with which so many developed so close a relationship so quickly as we have with our phones.
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One of the most powerful scientific tools ever invented is the telephone.
People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time.
In my experience, in this industry, the things that have been breakthrough have all been about connecting human beings to each other, communicating with each other.
I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.
There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.
A smartphone is great for when one person is documenting another thing or another person doing something.
I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are.
I can only speak for particle physics. But it has become obvious that on the experimental side, there has been a huge evolution in the number of people who have to collaborate because of the gigantic size of the instruments used, but also because of the enormous task that is data analysis.
New technologies, however remarkable they might seem, are fundamentally just tools made by people for people.
I have a thing for tools.
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