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“It’s a symptom of the world we live in, a product of unchecked social media platforms, a crumbling education system, rampant political polarization, and the crumbling of offline communities.”
― Will Sommer, Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

“Amazon makes 38 billion every year charging merchants for search placement.
On average, the first result in an Amazon search is 29 percent more expensive than the best result for your search. Click any of the top four links on the top of your screen, and you'll pay an average of 25 percent more than you would for your best match. On average, that best match is located seventeen places down in an Amazon search result.”
― Cory Doctorow, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It

“There's nothing wrong with a little delusion. Sometimes it helps you get through the day.”
― Ben Mezrich, The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees

“We have counted on communities to be places where everyone could belong and where the public schools were the recipients of mass support, regardless of party or politics. That is no longer true. And we are the worse for it.”
― Laura Pappano, School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education