We do not live in an economy, we live in a Ponzi scheme.

Facebook's successor will no doubt provide an easy "migration utility" through which you can bring all your so-called friends with you, if you even want to.

If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be defined by presentism.

We are looking at a society increasingly dependent on machines, yet decreasingly capable of making or even using them effectively.

Our fear of technology is really a fear of empowerment. We now have the ability to design the reality we live in, and we have to step up to the occasion.

The plague did not lead to Europe’s economic collapse. Rather, Europe’s currency-driven economic collapse led to the plague.

I feel like Hollywood would rather end the emerging, bottom-up creative culture than let it happen.

People are seduced by signals from the world, but that is manipulation, not reality. Computers have learned more about us than we've learned about them.

When things begin accelerating wildly out of control, sometimes patience is the only answer. Press pause.

It may be decades until we know what living in a state of constant distraction will do to us.

Books have souls. Or so romantics like me tend to think.

I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while.

Only what you choose is what makes you.

If you ever find you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.

I have seen games on Xbox 360 and HD TV and I'm amazed at how realistic the players look.

If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.

The environment becomes inspiration. My response to it becomes idea. And idea becomes purpose and action through interpretation and painting.

On the other hand, permanent causes produce helplessness far into the future, and universal causes spread helplessness through all your endeavors.

We do need to plan ahead, don't we, in life? I have spare tire on my car. I also have life insurance. I have a lot of things that I plan ahead for.

It's a world in which people's motives are questionable and shadowy.

Shooting is my principal pastime.