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More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Let’s see what other gems Carl Sagan, has to offer us He is already this week’s IT Thought of the Day Quote of the Week Series author. Dr. Sagan was a noted proponent of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. He firmly believed that somewhere in our universe there was other life just waiting to be found and known. I often wonder about the analogs between that search and information assurance struggles where there are often “aliens” already inside your system, but due to the difficulty of finding them, many people refuse to believe that they exist at all.
I like Information Age quotations. I find some of them very inspirational and like to carry a new one around about every week. I thought that i could share mine with you from time to time. This week it will be a funny quote. You can read more about the author at Wikipedia.
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
What did you think of the quote? Did you like it? Do you know of any other similar ones? Please share.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for June 18, 2010.
quote credit: BrainyQuote
image credit: Carl Sagan Tribute Page
IT Quote of the Week: Carl Sagan
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Geeks everywhere grew up watching and listening to Carl Sagan. He was a noted astronomer, physicsist, television host, and author. As such, he becomes the first satirist to join our other worthy additions to our IT Thought of the Day Quote of the Week Series
I like Information Age quotations. I find some of them very inspirational and like to carry a new one around about every week. I thought that i could share mine with you from time to time. This week it will be a funny quote. You can read more about the author at Wikipedia.
“We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”
What did you think of the quote? Did you like it? Do you know of any other similar ones? Please share.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for June 9, 2010.
quote credit: BrainyQuote
image credit: Ano Internacional da Astronomia | 2009
Book Recommendation – Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do about It by Richard A. Clarke
1I have a book recommendation for all Information Professionals, military buffs, and historians. It is ‘Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do about It’ by Richard A Clarke and Robert K. Knake. The book is about exactly what
the title says. It is written at exactly the right technical and intellectual level to be relevant, accurate, and thought provoking. I highly recommend it to Information Technology Professionals everywhere.
It is available in print and kindle editions from major book sources, including Amazon.com. I appreciated it so much that I also added it to The Information Technology Thought of the Day Webstore, permanently.
I will try to get a full review up in the next couple of weeks, as I finish it. I can already tell though that it will be a modern day classic for the niche that it is targeted at as well as statisticians and current event geeks.
The opening chapter alone is worth the price of admission and really demonstrates well how much the world of warfare has changed in the past 20 years due to the Internet and Information Technology. I especially appreciated how the author makes the case that Cyber War is real whether you think that it is or not. I also valued the parallels that were drawn between the dawn of cyber war and the coming of naval aviation and nuclear weapons. Considering that the author is a leading expert on Nuclear War policy, I figure that he probably knows what he is talking about.
Image Credit: Tesco Books