I would not hesitate to say I was addicted to the Internet in the first two years. It can be addictive, and things not taken in moderation have negative effects. But the alarmism around 'Facebook is changing our brains' strikes me as a kind of historical trick. Because we now know from brain science that everything changes our brains. Clay Shirky
Who are you? Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies? Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them? I have. I am fucking crazy. But I am free.
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Lana Del Rey
Life is hell, at some point we all just have to get used to it.
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Alysha Speer
Thank you for being you, because without whom, I wouldn't be me.
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Anthony T Hincks
It's time to fly. Care to join me?
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Anthony T. Hincks
You can't be me and I can't be you, so I guess that means we'll have to be ourselves.
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Anthony T. Hincks
More Quotes By Clay Shirky
When we change the way we communicate, we change society
Tragedy of the Commons: while each person can agree that all would benefit from common restraint, the incentives of the individuals are arrayed against that outcome.
The centrality of group effort to human life means that anything that changes the way groups function will have profound ramifications for everything from commerce and government to media and religion.
[N]ew technology enables new kinds of group-forming.
Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group identity.
