black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?

Bill Joy

What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
BILL JOY

Computer Should Technology
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
BILL JOY

Responsibility Taking Responsibility
You can drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.
BILL JOY

Mirrors Thinking Views
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
BILL JOY

Management Matter People
There are a couple of people in the world who can really program in C or FØRTRAN. They write more code in less time than it takes for other programmers. Most programmers aren’t that good.
BILL JOY

Couple People Writing
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
BILL JOY

Lot Sophisticated Systems
Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?
BILL JOY

Asking Development Technological
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
BILL JOY

Life Management Positive Technology
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
BILL JOY

Editors Interesting Thinking
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
BILL JOY

Computing Definitions Standards
Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.
BILL JOY

Common Sense Desire Knowledge
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
BILL JOY

Looks Underwear Want
And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species – to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.
BILL JOY

Intelligent Robots Small Steps
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
BILL JOY

Teamwork Trying Want
The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it’s true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.
BILL JOY

Research Use Way
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
BILL JOY

Like Loses Window

Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bill Joy Quotes