Michael

“If [more] information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

“It’s ironic that while we enjoy easier access to information than ever before, we are falling behind in real knowledge. We are replacing books with blogs, and essays with tweets.”
― Joel Kotkin, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class

“But what looked like a more diverse and open media world, where anyone could be a reporter or reach an audience, is turning into one where a very few companies control the information pipelines.”
― Joel Kotkin, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class

“It is unlike the industrial era, when corporations depended on people with a wide range of skills: managers and marketers, engineers and technicians, warehouse workers and salespeople. These jobs were often unionized, at least in the manufacturing and energy sectors, so that upper management was compelled at least to consider diverse views on how the business should operate. In contrast, tech firms are rarely unionized, and none of the largest internet-based firms are.7 Crucially, the tech giants employ relatively few people in proportion to their revenues.”
― Joel Kotkin, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class