the bigger problem is that we’re proud of not knowing things.
“Michael Bloomberg never fell for it—giving information away. He mixed other people’s information with proprietary data, added a layer of intelligence and—here’s the trick—made it scarce. It was expensive and had its own vertical distribution (storefronts) in the form of Bloomberg terminals. If you want breaking business news that might impact the price of a stock in your portfolio, you sign up with Bloomberg, get a terminal installed in your office, and soon the screen is rolling with an endless flow of news and financial data.”
― The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
― The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
“The culture of transgression they have produced liberates their conscience from having to take seriously the potential human cost of breaking the taboo against racial politics that has held since WWII.”
― Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right
― Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right
“To permit irresponsible authority is to sow disaster; to hold a man responsible for anything he does not control is to behave with blind idiocy.”
― Starship Troopers
― Starship Troopers
“Well, shall we play Phil the song first?” No one says that.”
― Not Dead Yet: The Memoir
― Not Dead Yet: The Memoir
“Well, I thought, someone has to get screwed. That’s the art of the deal.”
― The Cuban Affair
― The Cuban Affair
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