One culture I find fascinating to juxtapose against American culture is the culture of Germany. They’ve gone through a long process through their art, poetry, public discourse, their politics, of owning the fact of their complicity in what happened in World War II. It’s still a topic of everyday conversation in Germany. Chris Jordan Read Quote
Accidents, try to change them – it’s impossible. The accidental reveals man. J. B. Priestley Read Quote
Most of my interviews have been with millennials, and it’s been a fascinating window into my kids’ world. It’s been so wonderful to see a generation that seems so savvy in so many ways – and so much cooler than we were. Marcia Clark Read Quote
I came into my teens unaware that most Americans, blacks as well as whites, were ignorant of the main facts of Negro history. And so it was the facts of other histories that I found most intriguing. I fell into a U.S. history major by chance late in my second year at Fisk University. David Levering Lewis Read Quote
Planning is extremely important, but at some point you have to go out and do it. Boyan Slat Read Quote
As a historian, I’ve spent much of my career warning people about the dangers of nostalgia. Stephanie Coontz Read Quote
We’re at a point now where we’ve built AI tools to detect when terrorists are trying to spread content, and 99 percent of the terrorist content that we take down, our systems flag before any human sees them or flags them for us. Mark Zuckerberg Read Quote
It’s possible to fund companies for $100,000 and find out rather quickly whether or not the idea they are pursuing has merit. Scientists now work much faster. Arvind Gupta Read Quote
