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Cathy O'Neil

"The Facebook algorithm designers chose to let us see what our friends are talking about. They chose to show us, in some sense, more of the same. And that is the design decision that they could have decided differently. They could have said, "We're going to show you stuff that you've probably never seen before." I think they probably optimized their algorithm to make the most amount of money, and that probably meant showing people stuff that they already sort of agreed with, or were more likely to agree with."

Source : Source: www.salon.com

Cathy O'Neil

#Thinking Quotes #Talking Quotes #People Quotes

“A friend cannot be owned That is plain to see Friendships must be shared, Just like our friend, Ruby”
“great artists can be uncertain. Of course they are while strugggling to find solutions. Tolstoi's scripts are almost indecipherable. Emily Dickinson provided four or more alternates for every word; Beethoven wrestled with endings to the point of exhaustion; in our day Jerome Robbins and his lack of decision are a byword in the dance profession. But all of these knew very well what they did not want, and what they did not want was the current coin, the well-worn usage. What they wanted was something newly experienced, and therefore unknown and hard to attain.”
“Better die an old maid, sister, than marry the wrong man.”
“I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people.”
“Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS.”

Source : Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways
“We are constantly being told that we've never been wealthier. And many of us are. On average we all are. But that's just the problem.. no one is average.”
“God is God; you are but one of His creatures. Your only joy is to be found in obeying Him, your true fulfillment is to be found in worshiping Him, your only wisdom is to be found in trusting and knowing Him.”

Source : Sinclair B. Ferguson (1985). “A Heart for God”, NavPress Publishing Group
“Before a revolution happens, it is perceived as impossible; after it happens, it is seen as having been inevitable.”

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