When I was 9, my parents gave me a Commodore 64, which was fun. At the time, the opportunity to program your own computer was easier than it is today. Today there are significantly larger barriers because of the complexity built into computing. — Sergey Brin, Google Founder

The computer is not a device anymore. It is an extension of your mind and your gateway to other people. — Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical

“In the future, computers may weigh no more than 1.5 tonnes.” – Popular Mechanics magazine, 1949

“The war does not end when people put down their guns; it ends when they reconcile. Until then, the war has only paused.” – Chrisjen Avasarala

Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad or an economist. — Kenneth Boulding