Stephen

“The full-time job—to which we've attached all of the rules about treating workers fairly—is dissolving, and the community of workers who are treated as second-class citizens, who aren't protected by the same laws or entitled to the same benefits as other workers, is growing. That is a big, scary problem, and one worth studying.”
― Sarah Kessler

“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”
― William Gibson

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

“Todd was trying to engage Conway in a conversation about trust. His show, the work he had done as a journalist in the past, and, more broadly, mainstream American media were built on the premise that people value trust. Politicians and journalists need the public to trust them; both can earn public trust, and each can lose it easily. Everybody lies, but no one wants to be caught lying—or so Todd thought. Conway was defending a liar’s right to lie. There were no facts in her universe, and no issue of trust. There was power. Power demanded respect. Power conferred the right to speak and not be challenged. Being right was a question of power, not evidence. Conway was outraged that Todd would violate this compact by calling the president’s statements ridiculous. Alternatively, perhaps she was not so much outraged as performing outrage as a way of putting the media on notice. That her outrage may or may not have been heartfelt was a message too: nothing could be taken at face value anymore.”
― Masha Gessen, Surviving Autocracy