“Our world is inherently chaotic, and we constantly strive to impose some structure on this chaos. Watching a play, a movie, or a TV show allows us to experience humanity through others, taking a break from our own responsibilities. In its best form, acting mirrors our lives, allowing us to see ourselves in the stories being told.”— Asher Grodman
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Right now, biological evolution is not the main engine of change in the human condition. Instead, social and technological development, which occur on shorter timescales, are the predominant change-makers.
— Nick BostromPhilosopher & Director of Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford
Among future technologies that may pose significant existential risks I would rank machine super intelligence at or near the top.
— Nick BostromPhilosopher & Director of Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford
In my view, all the big existential risks are anthropogenic, arising out of human activity. More specifically, the biggest existential risks in this century arise out of anticipated future technological advances.
— Nick BostromPhilosopher & Director of Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford
The average American worker was subject to danger every bit as great as soldiers in war.
— President HarrisonWhen dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
— Dale CarnegieAuthor of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" & Self-Help Pioneer
Men are cheaper than shingles.
— Anonymous EmployerConnection is why we're here. It gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The ability to feel connected is neurobiologically wired into us.
— Brene BrownResearcher & Author on Vulnerability, Shame, and Leadership
These policies are, in the long term, very dangerous for productivity, growth, entrepreneurial spirit and wealth generation and will create further issues within the developed economies.
— John BrynjolfssonUnknown.
The developed world actually has worse demographics when looking at competitiveness and systemic issues, and has a lot of work to do in order to shore up financial systems.
— John BrynjolfssonUnknown.
The policies they prescribe are a continuation or exaggeration of the previous policies that created the structural problems in the first place.
— John BrynjolfssonUnknown.
This problem originated in the most sophisticated and advanced financial markets because those are the markets where leverage was the greatest and people took the most advantage of it.
— John BrynjolfssonUnknown.
There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
— Walter CronkiteLegendary CBS News Anchor & "Most Trusted Man in America
The printing press helped democratise Europe by providing space for discussion and agreement among politically engaged citizens, often before the state had fully democratised.
— Jurgen HabermasGerman Philosopher & Social Theorist; Developed Theory of Communicative Action
New media conducive to fostering participation can indeed increase freedoms… just as the printing press, the postal service, the telegraph and the telephone did before.
— Clay ShirkyInternet theorist & author on cognitive surplus and social media's impact.
We don't need to have CNN, NBC and their counterparts. Anybody can report on the most important news of the day. The best example recently was the video circulated of that young girl who got killed in Iran; that had an unbelievable impact on our knowledge of what was going on in that country.
— Gigi SohnFCC Nominee and Net Neutrality Advocate
It's not just the internet which is contributing to these changes, its mobile and digital technology generally, it makes everyone a journalist. This is why the internet has blown apart the notion of journalism, because it gets rid of the gatekeepers.
— Gigi SohnFCC Nominee and Net Neutrality Advocate