Failure is a necessary ingredient for success.
What people mean by the word "technology" is the stuff that doesn't really work yet.
The idea of connecting all people to knowledge and each other is enduring
Art and design are not luxuries, nor somehow incompatible with science and engineering.
I've never seen a great military, political, or corporate leader who was not a great storyteller. Telling stories is a core competency in business, although it's one that we don't pay enough attention to.
One of the great enemies of design is when systems or objects become more complex than a person - or even a team of people - can keep in their heads. This is why software is generally beneath contempt.