Technology is an extremely important part of our society, and it has continued to provide various ways to solve the world's most pressing problems in no small part by thousands upon thousands of developers, data wranglers and innovators.

I thought that it would be a great idea to hear from some of the top tech quotes from some of the best thought provoking leaders anywhere...sounds good? Let's go!

Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts.

-Tim O'Reilly

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

-Steven Levy

What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.

-Steve Jobs

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

-Elon Musk

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

-Arthur C. Clarke

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

-Elbert Hubbard

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

-Albert Einstein

Automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

-Bill Gates

It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

-Steve Jobs

Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.

-Stewart Brand

Technology is best when it brings people together.

-Matt Mullenweg

The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.

-Steve Ballmer

Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat

-Steve Jobs

We can transcend the script of a pre-defined story, and pave the way for the future that we design. We just need to tap that power, that conviction, that determination within us.

-Robert F. Smith

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