"World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole." ― Barry Commoner Topic(s): Technology More From Barry Commoner "By adopting the control strategy, the nation’s environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth." "It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance." "As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world – most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world’s poor." More In Technology "Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity."― Jacques Ellul "We must speed up the deployment of broadband in order to bring high-speed data services to homes and businesses. The spread of information technology has contributed to a steady growth in U.S. productivity."― Michael Oxley "I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology."― Chris Hughes