We’re all diminished and restricted by sweeping statements defining boy and girl, our expectations and disappointments with ourselves, the way we look, what we enjoy, and the choices we make. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
Extensive analysis was conducted before deciding whether consumers would respond better to a male or female imprisoned in their phone. Almost every country in the world had a female Siri programmed – but not, initially, in the UK and France. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
After an afternoon of interviewing Siri it turns out there are millions of questions that it can’t or won’t answer: How did you get my phone number? How many Siris are there? Did you have a Christmas party? Who is playing the tiny xylophone before and after each interaction? Are you spying on us, plotting the downfall of our species? Sara Pascoe Read Quote
Even quicker than the development of super-technology is the human adaptation to taking it for granted. We live in a world where regular people converse publicly with an inanimate object and escape Bedlam or a dunking. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
But, if you read science journals or the inside of Snapple caps, you might already know that watching TV is the closest you can get to being dead, which is why it’s so relaxing. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
When I started watching comedy there was a lot of negativity about women; a lot of comics were spewing out aggressive, violent and negative material. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
I hate how old people get in my way when I’m swimming. You’re trying to get into the zone and normally, if there’s someone faster than you, you get out of the way, but old people don’t; they’re like, you can go round me. I give a little tut when I pass them. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
It sounds like a brag but I’ve got a separate room in my flat just for unread books; I don’t let my read books touch my unread books. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
We parcel up time into years and months and days because without compartmentalisation the tundra of time is impossible to navigate. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
Utilitarianism is a philosophy from the olden days exploring the idea that whatever is best for the majority is the fairest. Sara Pascoe Read Quote
