"We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives."

-- Anita Borg

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“The unhappy man, who once has trail'd a pen, Lives not to please himself, but other men; Is always drudging, wastes his life and blood, Yet only eats and drinks what you think good.”
“We've been criticizing these superficial aspects, like whether we are all more distracted. We really need to articulate a defense, a critique, that merges awareness of the technology with a more traditional, progressive, left-wing critique of the market.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The advantage to Great Britain of a regular free trade in corn would, therefore, be more by raising the rest of the world to our standard and price, than by lowering the prices here to the standard of the Continent.”
“We are a thick skinned people with emtpy souls. We spend our days playing dice, chess, or sleeping - and we say we are the best people that ever came to mankind?”
“The educational system should be a sieve, through which all the children of a country are passed. It is highly desirable that no child escape inspection.”
“A big part of life is realizing what you're good at.”
“All men are forced into one of two categories: those with eleven fingers and those without.”

Source : Ned Rorem (2013). “The Paris Diary & The New York Diary: 1951–1961”, p.136, Open Road Media
“I think that it's a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.”

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