Rob Patrick

“It was called Clearview—and the idea, as Johnson explained to Thiel, was simple: He and Ton-That had written software to browse Facebook profiles, as well as profiles uploaded to other social networks, and then to download every picture that users had ever posted, storing a copy along with that person’s name. They would offer this database to police departments and other law enforcement groups along with a facial recognition algorithm. These tools working in concert would allow police to take a picture of an unidentified culprit, upload it into the software, and get a name back.”
― Max Chafkin, The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power

“The moment I agreed to a dinner party, I knew my thirties had officially arrived, and the slow, inevitable countdown to death had begun.”
― L.M. Chilton, Everyone in the Group Chat Dies

“During the Cuban Missile Crisis, in 1962, U.S. forces were placed at DEFCON 2,119 meaning war involving nuclear weapons was presumed to be imminent. Okay”
― Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

“You can’t fake a thought.”
― Iain Reid, I’m Thinking of Ending Things