"As Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman document in their book Networked, people who are heavily socially active online tend to be also heavily socially active offline; theyâ€™re just, well, social people."

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Source : Clive Thompson (2013). “Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better”, p.127, Penguin

Clive Thompson

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“You don't want to spend much time in Germany or even France in the winter unless you're in the Alps.”

Source : "Rockers Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth Talk Marriage". Interview with John Clarke, www.rollingstone.com. July 4, 2013.
“It's harder when people are playing along, because it's just not as funny. They're trying to be funny, and it sort of cancels out the whole joke.”
“We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado?”

Source : "Opinion: Colvin fought injustice, armed only with words and images" by Hannah Storm, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2012.
“If you put frightening things into a picture, then they can't harm you. In fact, you end becoming quite fond of them.”
“Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.”
“It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.”
“The great truth is that women actually like men, and men can never believe it.”

Source : "The Great Lie" by Wendy McElroy, www.foxnews.com. April 21, 2003.
“Insights and perceptions pass through the mind like fleet fireflies. Lit for an instant, then gone back into the dark.”

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