Top 51 Quotes by Rick Smolan

Every time there's a new tool, whether it's Internet or cell phones or anything else, all these things can be used for good or evil. Technology is neutral; it depends on how it's used.

I wonder if 50 years from now we'll look back, and maybe Julian Assange will be the hero and J. Edgar Hoover will be the enemy of the state.

The way they heat their homes in Korea is to put bricks under the floors, so the heat actually radiates from underneath the floor.

I think we're going to have auxiliary hard drives to offload our memories.

You can't talk about big data without talking about things like privacy and ownership.

I think people love this idea of leaving a message for the future. I was always fascinated by the idea of time capsules.

I love the physicality of books.

One of the nice things about living in Silicon Valley is that I end up at all these conferences and things, and I get to listen in on the zeitgeist.

Those who fear that we are losing our individualism couldn't be more wrong: Americans have never been more free to create and recreate themselves.

Big Data is just that - big. But, it's a term that is largely misunderstood and difficult to explain.