Tom Mathews

“But now, without leaving home, from the comfort of your easy chair, you can divorce yourself from the consensus on what constitutes “truth.” Each person can live in a private thought bubble, reading only those websites that reinforce his or her desired beliefs, joining only those online groups that give sustenance when the believer’s courage flags.”
― Ellen Ullman, Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology

“Technology is not the driver of change; what drives technology is human desire.”
― Ellen Ullman, Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology

“People who have no choice are generally unhappy. But people with too many choices are almost as unhappy as those who have no choice at all.”
― Ellen Ullman, Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology

“you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up.”
― Barack Obama, A Promised Land