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Quotes by Ellen Ullman
Ellen Ullman is a celebrated American author and technology writer, known for her poignant explorations of the intersection between humanity and technology. Born in 1941 in New York City, Ullman began her career in the tech industry, where she became a pioneering programmer. Her literary debut, "Close to the Machine," reflects her unique perspective on the digital age and its impact on personal identity. Through her insightful essays and novels, Ullman has left an indelible mark on the discourse surrounding technology, ethics, and the human experience.
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"Multitasking, throughput, efficiency - these are excellent machine concepts, useful in the design of computer systems. But are they principles that nurture human thought and imagination?"
Ellen Ullman"Staring prejudice in the face imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, to achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity."
Ellen Ullman"I don't know where anyone ever got the idea that technology, in and of itself, was a savior. Like all human-created 'progress,' computers are problematic, giving and taking away."
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"A computer is a general-purpose machine with which we engage to do some of our deepest thinking and analyzing. This tool brings with it assumptions about structuredness, about defined interfaces being better. Computers abhor error."
Ellen Ullman"Closed environments dominated the computing world of the 1970s and early '80s. An operating system written for a Hewlett-Packard computer ran only on H.P. computers; I.B.M. controlled its software from chips up to the user interfaces."
Ellen Ullman"Introduced in the 1960s, multitasking is an engineering strategy for making computers more efficient. Human beings are the slowest elements in a system."
Ellen Ullman"People talk about computer programmers as if computers are our whole lives. That's simply not true."
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