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How we put our collective talents to work is a social issue, not solely a personal one.


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It’s not information overload. It’s filter failure.

It’s not information overload. It’s filter failure.



Time Warner has called and they want us all back on the couch, just consuming - not producing, not sharing - and we should say, 'No.'

Time Warner has called and they want us all back on the couch, just consuming - not producing, not sharing - and we should say, 'No.'



There's no such thing as information overload-only filter failure.

There's no such thing as information overload-only filter failure.



The waterfall method amounts to a pledge by all parties not to learn anything while doing the actual work.

The waterfall method amounts to a pledge by all parties not to learn anything while doing the actual work.



Civic participants don't aim to make life better merely for members of the group. They want to improve even the lives of people who never participate.

Civic participants don't aim to make life better merely for members of the group. They want to improve even the lives of people who never participate.



We systematically overestimate the value of access to information and underestimate the value of access to each other.

We systematically overestimate the value of access to information and underestimate the value of access to each other.



Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.

Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.



A revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new tools. It happens when society adopts new behaviors

A revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new tools. It happens when society adopts new behaviors



Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.

Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.



The change we are in the middle of isn't minor and it isn't optional.

The change we are in the middle of isn't minor and it isn't optional.





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Silence is a powerful tool.

Silence is a powerful tool.




Then sail, my fine lady, on the billowing wave -The water below is as dark as the grave, And maybe you'll sink in your little blue boat -It's hope, and hope only, that keeps us afloat

Then sail, my fine lady, on the billowing wave -The water below is as dark as the grave, And maybe you'll sink in your little blue boat -It's hope, and hope only, that keeps us afloat



God is running the universe. We ought not think like scientists, but think like psalmists.

God is running the universe. We ought not think like scientists, but think like psalmists.



Our assignment has never been about what we can do for God, but what can God do through us.

Our assignment has never been about what we can do for God, but what can God do through us.



Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.

Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.



I'm a writer, not an actor. I want to write rather than perform. I'm looking forward to disappearing for a while.

I'm a writer, not an actor. I want to write rather than perform. I'm looking forward to disappearing for a while.



It's the teachers, they're the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other.

It's the teachers, they're the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other.



I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.

I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.



Yes I do like children ... Girl children...about eighteen or twenty.

Yes I do like children ... Girl children...about eighteen or twenty.




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