Todd Wilson

“In the past, censorship worked by blocking the flow of information. In the twenty-first century censorship works by flooding people with irrelevant information. We just don’t know what to pay attention to, and often spend our time investigating and debating side issues. In ancient times having power meant having access to data. Today having power means knowing what to ignore. So considering everything that is happening in our chaotic world, what should we focus on?”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

“I have colleagues who resent the general public’s ignorance of the industry, but I think the fact that you don’t have to think about it proves that the whole system works.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel

“and rising extremely unlike Phoebus with the dawn to prepare the schoolhouse.”
― Peter Straub, Ghost Story

“In all the world there is no desolation more complete than the polar night.”
― Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage