One consequence of this is that people are expected to make it on their own by chasing clicks or building a brand. What a diminished vision that is.

Art and culture are nonetheless vital, essential even, to what it means to be human, yet digital abundance has diminished our sense of their worth.

First we need to rethink the terms and recognize that we've imported this language from the technocratic class, from Silicon Valley, that talks about openness and transparency.

New media companies look remarkably like the old ones they aspire to replace: male, pale, and privileged.

How valiant to deny the importance of money when it is had in abundance.

And of course the things that get the most attention online tend to be similar to those that succeeded under the old model.

One connection I see between the work I did on philosophy and my work on technology is that both communities tend to mystify and create an atmosphere of complexity.

What we need to do is take that inchoate sense that something isn't right and give it a structural component and the sense that things can be another way.

On the one hand, I'm a kind of crazy anarchist-sympathizer with a hippie background, so this sounds pretty good to me. Make something for the love of it! But the reality is so much more complicated.

Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as it's good and it has passion.

Fantasize that everything around you is bringing you LUCK!

Spiritual highs help you overcome emotional lows.

It's better to be hated than ignored.

Talk about what you love and keep quiet about what you don't.

The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall.

Infant baptism when practiced can be no more than an expression of the faith and hope of the parents that their child will ultimately be saved.

Every time you get rejected, say: 'Next!'

Be courageous, but not foolhardy. Walk proud as you are.

A frowning face can't bring out the beauty that you are.