99 Quotes by Steven Levy

Computer technology is so built into our lives that it’s part of the surround of every artist.

At the core of Silicon Valley is a passion for ‘yes.’

Hackers can do almost anything and be a hacker. You can be a hacker carpenter. It’s not necessarily high tech. I think it has to do with craftsmanship and caring about what you’re doing.

The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.

Every problem has a better solution when you start thinking about it differently than the normal way.

The fact that biological, or “natural” rules might help in the creation of a computer generated work of art is interesting, but even a wonderful work of art made in this fashion isn’t the same as a person, with all his or her experiences and emotions involved, making art.

I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn’t been in hardware or software per se but collaboration – the idea behind Napster, which uses the distributed power of the Internet as its engine.

She noted the lack of female hardware hackers, and was enraged at the male hacker obsession with technological play and power.

When you’re in a hole, stop digging.