"We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us."

Technology, Effect, Help, Media

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"We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us."

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"He decided not to ask for details. Better to avoid exposing his ignorance even further."

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"In terms of the Internet, it's like humanity acquiring a collective nervous system. Whereas previously we were more like a [?], like a collection of cells that communicated by diffusion. With the advent of the Internet, it was suddenly like we got a nervous system. It's a hugely impactful thing."

Elon Musk, American Entrepreneur

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"Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do."

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"In the short run, technology many be more efficient than man, but it will never be perfect. Every piece of equipment will eventually reveal an error code. In the long run, man will never be perfect, but prove to be more reliable than technology."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

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"A smartphone is an addictive device which traps a soul into a lifeless planet full of lives."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

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"Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

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"Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society."

Isaac Asimov, American Scientist

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"The easiest way to obtain an updated version of a candidate's CV is via SocialMedia."

Bernard Kelvin Clive, Ghanaian Author

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"Well, Naomi said cheerfully, "what's the worst that can happen? They were silent, considering that, because there were just so many possibilities. But in the end, it was a better idea than Facebook."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

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"S.M."Social Media or Social Menace?I'll leave it to you to work out."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

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"We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived."

Feelings, Feeling, Thinking

"Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control."

Control, Nothing

"You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person."

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"I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!"

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"The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together."

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"When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it."

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"My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it."

Sister, First, Old, Songs

"Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs."

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"With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things."

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