"There's some pretty good academic research that suggest that what Americans don't like is losing."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Peter Bergen

#Research Quotes #Losing Quotes #Academic Quotes

“Whether railroads or electricity or the Internet, there is always some sense that this is the new, redemptive platform - that finally, finally, we've found the platform that will allow us all to lead a democratic, global existence, where all problems will be solved. And the idea that the old platform becomes obsolete, "this kills that," and so on, also often accompanies the advent of a new technology. The digital platform is no exception.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“On his teenage son: To be honest, I'm not sure the same kid comes home each night.”
“In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after the revolution.”
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
“Revolutionary art and visionary physics are both investigations into the nature of reality.”

Source : Leonard Shlain (1991). “Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light”, William Morrow & Company
“If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant.”
“Imagine that the world is made out of love. Now imagine that it isnâ€™t. Imagine a story where everything goes wrong, where everyone has their back against the wall, where everyone is in pain and acting selfishly because if they donâ€™t, theyâ€™ll die. Imagine a story, not of good against evil, but of need against need against need, where everyone is at cross-purposes and everyone is to blame.”
“I don't think it's like eastern mysticism, which leaves the person whole. It's really another form of cancer, television.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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