"Ultimately, the current argument is "not having net neutrality will hurt innovation," and you can make that argument, but I would rather make the public good argument, which is not just about innovation or nurturing new companies that will add to the nation's GDP, it's actually about creating a democratic public sphere."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Astra Taylor

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“Then his eyes focus on something over my shoulder, and he starts walking. I turn to see Uriah jogging from the elevator bank. He is grinning. â€œHeard a rumor you were a dirty traitor,â€ Uriah says. â€œYeah, whatever,â€ says Zeke. They collide in an embrace that looks almost painful to me, slapping each otherâ€™s backs and laughing with their fists clasped between them.”
“No experimental result can ever kill a theory: any theory can be saved from counterinstances either by some auxiliary hypothesis or by a suitable reinterpretation of its terms.”

Source : Imre Lakatos, John Worrall, Gregory Currie (1980). “The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Volume 1: Philosophical Papers”, p.32, Cambridge University Press
“Death is not a stalker, always looking for us. Death is a scorekeeper tallying up how much we love life and how much we are willing to work for it. We die when we stop living.”
“In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form.”
“Are you distracted by outward cares? Then allow yourself a space of quiet wherein you can add to your knowledge of the Good and learn to curb your restlessness. Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Avail yourself often, then, of this retirement, and so continually renew yourself.”
“I like having a plot, I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning.”

Source : "The unvarnished truth". Interview with Peter Craven, www.theaustralian.com.au. October 3, 2009.
“Artistic license sneered through the thin fabric.”
“When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren't grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence or an event, we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”

Source : "Noted with pleasure". The New York Times Archives, www.nytimes.com. 1984.

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