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“In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.”
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“Men can labor to make sense out of single steps toward the goal without ever pausing to reflect that the goal itself is ludicrous.”
― The Affluent Society
― The Affluent Society
“A half century from now, our grandchildren are likely to look back at the era of mass employment in the market with the same sense of utter disbelief as we look upon slavery and serfdom in former times. The very idea that a human being’s worth was measured almost exclusively by his or her productive output of goods and services and material wealth will seem primitive, even barbaric, and be regarded as a terrible loss of human value to our progeny living in a highly automated world where much of life is lived on the Collaborative Commons.”
― The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism
― The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism
“You want to be popular? It’s easy to do. Just be a total weirdo and love yourself for it.”
― Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One
― Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One
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