Marino

“Here’s a non-geeky framing of the same idea: What if listening to an inner voice or heeding a passion for ethics or beauty were to lead to more important work in the long term, even if it measured as less successful in the moment? What if deeply reaching a small number of people matters more than reaching everybody with nothing?”
― Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

“Because one’s bank account and one’s friendships can now be managed through identical machinic operations and gestures, there is a growing homogenization of what used to be entirely unrelated areas of experience.”
― Jonathan Crary, 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep

“Tutto ciò che è, è fiamma che si estinguerà nella luce della Storia; e in essa noi corriamo, cantiamo, danziamo, piangiamo. Ma non lasciarti dietro dei rimpianti – neanche se questo non portasse a nulla. Apri il tuo cuore a Sua Altezza…”
― Mamoru Nagano, Five Star Stories #3

“The Greeks saw the advance of civilization bringing new ills. Their sour parable of technological progress was the familiar myth of Prometheus. Punished for affronting the gods by stealing fire for men’s use, Prometheus was chained to a rock so an eagle could feed on his liver, which grew back each night. According to Lucretius, necessity had led men to invent, and then inventions spawned frivolous needs that equipped and encouraged them to slaughter one another in war.”
― Daniel J. Boorstin, The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination