Power in the 21st Century
When the NSA reads my email are they ab– le to discern tone
Kid, I’ve flown from one side of the galaxy to the other, I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff, but I’ve never seen anything to make me believe there’s a theory of mind controlling everythi...
I believe in the great man theory of history because the good man theory of history is so obviously false
As mysterious as the caterpillar bursting into the butterfly a lifetime of following all the ru… somehow prepared them to change all the rules
A smart phone is 1/7 billionth of a doomsday machine
7. “Strategic” nuclear war: Assured destruction = yes, but mut… 6. Giant asteroid hits earth: No one to blame 5. Cyber war:
It was when Socrates ate the frui… that he added this second line of… I know that my wife knows everythi…
For twenty years people kept insis… that there was an elephant in the… but I just didn’t see it And then I realized I was the elephant
It’s easier for capitalism to end than to imagine the end of capital…
In polite society The most threatening words are alw… I’m disappointed in you Which is politesse for There’s a knife in you
Like a fine wine liberalism only rises to the subli… with a good pairing
Facing a fate worse than death– Immortality with neither body nor… Because Nothing ventured, nothing lost– Life is worth dying for
Privacy is when everyone can see you but no one is watching Surveillance is when no one can see you
In a bit of irony the only thing that both sides can agree on is that a win-win is intolerable
There’s a groove I’ve been going… just between heroic and anti-heroi… that’s perfectly romantic But betwixt the truth-teller and the soothsayer