The Arab Spring is kind of a perfect model for how people are going to use technology to act collectively in their own interest in the future. There’s never been a revolution that was coordinated by social media to the degree that the Arab Spring was. Palmer Luckey Read Quote
In the industry, I got a lot of attention for ‘Mad Men,’ because everyone in the industry watches it. Sarah Drew Read Quote
I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams. D. H. Lawrence Read Quote
Whether you’re a programming prodigy or the office manager holding it all together, technology empowers small groups of passionate people with an astonishing degree of leverage to make the world a better place. Justin Rosenstein Read Quote
Whenever someone like a plumber or a mechanic tries to explain something technical to me, I listen for about three seconds before it all just becomes white noise, like Charlie Brown’s teacher. John Niven Read Quote
It’s not really possible to open ‘The Casual Vacancy’ without a lot of expectations both high and low crashing around in your brain and distorting your vision. There’s no point pretending they’re not there. Lev Grossman Read Quote
The reason that I like ‘Game of Thrones’ is because it’s based on all these royal families. And it’s cutthroat – just like hip-hop. It’s all about positioning and figuring out who’s going to last. Mannie Fresh Read Quote
We all are just people, and something happens, and we make a decision as a result when something happens, and it could be a poor choice or a good choice or anywhere in between. But we make that decision in the moment, and we live with the consequences. Clare-Hope Ashitey Read Quote
All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you’re just playing about. Nigel Kneale Read Quote