195 quotes found
“In theory, the Internet provides an opportunity to widen knowledge-to see beyond screens and neighborhoods into a broader universe-and yet the first thing many people want to do is wall themselves ...”
“...he found it where he should have looked first, on the Internet, which is a net indeed, one that can be cast further than the eye can see and be retrieved no matter how heavy the hall, its magica...”
“Now everything is sold on the Internet and anybody at all who doesn't know a thing can give their opinion.”
“In 2011, Mark Brooks, a consultant to online-dating companies, published the results of an industry survey titled How Has Internet Dating Changed Society? The survey responses, from 39 executives, ...”
“Technology itself is not to blame. The fault lies in ourselves, because having no means to orient ourselves, we turn elsewhere towards other resources. Heidegger makes the point that our culture la...”
“Its easy to fall in love online with someone youd slide away from on a bus stop bench. A little too damn easy.”
“Universe has it all for you, just ask.”
“Because Wikipedia is a process, not a product, it replaces guarantees offered by institutions with probabilities supported by process.”
“In practice, the Internet functions more frequently as a hive of distraction, a simulated world through which most of us flit from one context to the next . . .”
“Yep, and your Internet was their invention, this magical convenience that creeps now like a smell through the smallest details of our lives, the shopping, the housework, the homework, the taxes, ab...”
“I always wonder why condescending snarkiness is the chosen method of communication for so many forum users. It seems to me like these things would be much better expressed in non-confrontational, p...”
“The basic capabilities of tools like Flickr reverse the old order of group activity, transforming 'gather, then share' into 'share, then gather'.”
“I think the way I feel about the internet is the way some people feel about the ocean. It's so huge and unknowable, but also totally predictable. You type a line of symbols and click enter, and eve...”
“We face the most compelling era of mankind: exponential growth of new technologies, cheaper electronic devices and the globalization of knowledge, commerce, and ideas along with the rapid growth of...”
“But you know better than anyone how the Internet sees everything and nothing, all at the same time.”
“The Web, the great time-killer that had replaced conspicuously passive television with its seductive illusion of productivity.”
“Hey, thats why they invented the Internet, hermanita. To talk about weird shit and download porn.”
“An open internet is an open platform for debating opposing views. It allows unpopular voices to be heard.”
“Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack.”
“WOW DID I JUST SEE LIL B?THE MYTH ?? THE AMERICAN HERO AND LEGEND? WORLD WIDE LEGEND! I MEAN I DIDNT EVEN THINK HE WAS HUMAN”
