"There is a central difference between the old and new economies: the old industrial economy was driven by economies of scale; the new information economy is driven by the economics of networks."

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Source : Carl Shapiro, Hal R. Varian (2013). “Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy”, p.173, Harvard Business Press

Carl Shapiro

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“We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman.”
“All our heroes, all our great stories are about failure.”
“A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long, comedy is played by an incomparable actor.”
“Some things I can never forget. I must not. Otherwise what do I have left?”

Source : Rosie Thomas (2016). “Iris and Ruby: A Novel”, p.7, The Overlook Press
“The artist is a collector of things imaginary or real. He accumulates things with the same enthusiasm that a little boy stuffs his pockets. The scrap heap and the museum are embraced with equal curiosity. He takes snapshots, makes notes and records impressions on tablecloths or newspapers, on backs of envelopes or matchbooks. Why one thing and not another is part of the mystery, but he is omnivorous.”
“Money could not be converted into capital if wage labour did not exist.”

Source : "The Limits To Capital". Book by David Harvey, 1982.
“Riven and torn with cannon-shot, the trunks of the trees protruded bunches of splinters like hands, the fingers above the wound interlacing with those below.”
“But not all of them are decorated to the same level of taste.”

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