Quote by Robert Redford

It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology nowadays. You tend to develop a faster, speedier mind, but I don't think it's necessarily broader or smarter.

It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple af

Summary

In the Information Age, with constant exposure to technology and information overload, it becomes challenging to maintain focus and attention. Technology enables us to process information quickly, but this does not necessarily translate to a deeper understanding or increased intelligence. As our minds become accustomed to instant gratification and quick thinking, there is a risk of sacrificing the ability to think critically and retain knowledge in a broader sense. The quote highlights the potential negative impact of technology on the development of the mind, emphasizing the need for conscious effort to cultivate depth and intelligence in the digital era.

Topics

Technology

By Robert Redford

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The common idea that success spoils people by making them va

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

W. Somerset Maugham

Success

Such is the influence which the condition of our own thought

Such is the influence which the condition of our own thoughts, exercises, even over the appearance of external objects. Men who look on nature, and their fellow-men, and cry that all is dark and gloomy, are in the right; but the sombre colours are reflections from their own jaundiced eyes and hearts. The real hues are delicate, and need a clearer vision.

Charles Dickens

Perception Pessimism Optimism Perspective Human Nature Thoughts Actions Darkness Subconscious

Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to an

Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest--whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories--comes afterward. These are games; one must first answer.

Suicide

I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline

I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management.

Labor

My family really does come first. It always did and always w

My family really does come first. It always did and always will.

Family

Love, too, has to be learned.

Love, too, has to be learned.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Learning Love

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

Beauty Love

When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a

When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea.

Ernest Hemingway

Ideas

Honesty shines like a light through your eyes.

Honesty shines like a light through your eyes.

Honesty

If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it

If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else.

Success

Then he was sorry for the great fish... How many people will

Then he was sorry for the great fish... How many people will he feed?.. But are they worthy to eat him? No, of course, not. There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behavior and his great dignity.

Ernest Hemingway

War People Dignity Live Enemy

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once ag

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

Abraham Lincoln

Best