Heather W

“But a prideful creature can talk themself into believing that every deed they do is legitimate. Thus, they both giddily and greedily spin their own doom.”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, A Drop of Corruption

“Information is abundant; attention is scarce. Information is theoretically infinite, while attention is constrained. This is why information is cheap and attention is expensive.”
― Chris Hayes, The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource

“The very meaning of a full existence on this earth is to find out who you are and why you are here. Universal intelligence is the idea that when things don’t turn out your way, it is because the universe is protecting you and steering you in a different direction. We all need to spend less time questioning disappointments or rejections.”
― Chelsea Handler, I'll Have What She's Having

“First, platforms are good to their users. Then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers. Next, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Finally, they have become a giant pile of shit.”
― Cory Doctorow, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It