Quotation by

Tony Kushner

In a way, film and television are in the same sort of traumatic trance that print journalism is. The technology has outpaced our comprehension of its implications.

Tony Kushner

Technology

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Tony Kushner is saying that film, television, and print journalism are all struggling to fully understand the effects of the new technology they use. He believes that the rapid development of technology has left these media forms confused about how it changes their role and impact on society.

More by this author

All quotes by Tony Kushner →

More quotes about Technology

See all →

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation…