#stems

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up. ↗

— Harvey Cushing

#defeat #down #education #educational #ends

I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#been #biological #build #design #fact

Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#attitude #isolating #method #order #our

The jet stream is the controlling influence over the world's weather systems. ↗

— Michael Fish

#influence #jet #over #stream #systems

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. ↗

— Gary Larson

#changed #comparable #demands #diversity #earth

The transmission systems are still regulated. ↗

— Kenneth Lay

#still #systems #transmission

All of the significant art of today stems from Conceptual art. This includes the art of installation, political, feminist and socially directed art. ↗

— Sol LeWitt

#conceptual #conceptual art #directed #feminist #includes

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems - about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#between #communications #cultural #cultural issues #due

Physicists analyze systems. Web scientists, however, can create the systems. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#create #however #physicists #scientists #systems

When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#being #comes #last #makes #professional