""Point of view" is that quintessentially human solution to information overload, an intuitive process of reducing things to an essential relevant and manageable minimum.. In a world of hyper abundant content, point of view will become the scarcest of resources."

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Source : "It's The Context, Stupid" by Paul Saffo, www.wired.com. March 1, 1994.

Paul Saffo

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“There was a golden period that I look back upon with great regret, in which the cheapest of experimental animals were medical students. Graduate students were even better. In the old days, if you offered a graduate student a thiamine-deficient diet, he gladly went on it, for that was the only way he could eat. Science is getting to be more and more difficult.”
“Most of us waste our energy through chattering - endlessly chattering, gossiping, criticising, backbiting.”
“I only do private room karaoke where its just me and one of my closest girlfriends. My mom always said I could really belt songs out, and the Dixie Chicks feed that encouragement.”

Source : Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. January 14, 2014.
“What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.”

Source : Jiddu Krishnamurti (2017). “Social Responsibility: Talks”, p.18, Krishnamurti Foundation America (PublishDrive)
“What is 'power' anyway? Power is an ego trip. Power is a way to rise yourself up by lowering others, and I want nothing of it.”
“When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls.”
“The great thing about him, is that he will not quit.”
“To get rid of anger you can change the situation or change how you think about the situation.”

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