Carl Sagan Quotes about Technology

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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology.

Carl Sagan

Science, Technology, Information Society

"Bringing Science Back to Earth". Interview with Anne Kalosh, Hemispheres (the magazine of United Airlines), October 1994.

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

Carl Sagan

Technology, Civilization, Elements

I set before you two ways: You can use your technology to destroy yourselves or to carry you to the planets and the stars. It's up to you.

Carl Sagan

Stars, Technology, Two

"Cosmos: A Personal Voyage". TV Series, Episode 13: Who Speaks for Earth?, 1990.

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.

Carl Sagan

Book, Science, Technology

Carl Sagan (2011). “Cosmos”, p.315, Ballantine Books

It's perilous and foolhardy for the average citizen to remain ignorant about global warming, say, or ozone depletion, air pollution, toxic and radioactive wastes, acid rain, topsoil erosion, tropical deforestation, exponential population growth. Jobs and wages depend on science and technology.

Carl Sagan

Jobs, Rain, Technology

Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.25, Ballantine Books

What does it mean for a civilisation to be a million years old? We have had radio telescopes and spaceships for a few decades; our technical civilisation is a few hundred years old ... an advanced civilisation millions of years old is as much beyond us as we are beyond a bushbaby or a macaque

Carl Sagan

Mean, Technology, Years

Carl Sagan (2011). “Cosmos”, p.337, Ballantine Books

Societies will, of course, wish to exercise prudence in deciding which technologies that is, which applications of science are to be pursued and which not. But without funding basic research, without supporting the acquisition of knowledge for its own sake, our options become dangerously limited.

Carl Sagan

Exercise, Technology, Wish

Carl Sagan (2012). “Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence”, p.245, Ballantine Books