“Food is the very heart of freedom. How can people be free if they can't feed themselves without getting sued for patent violations?” PeopleIfsHeartViolationPatents Book:Freedom (TM) Source: Freedom (TM)
“Silicon Valley isn't usually where aspiring authors go to kick-start a literary reputation. [...] How'd he do it? By courting bloggers and influential techies like Joi Ito, Stewart Brand, and Craig Newmark demonstrating that if you can get the geek grapevine on your side, you don't need Random House.” IfsNeedsHouseSidesReputationBrandsKicksValleysGeekInfluentialYour SideSiliconSilicon ValleyDemonstratingBloggersTechieGrapevine Author:Daniel Suarez
“I think if I were to express my wish, it would be that we are more regionally self-reliant. And I dont mean people being survivalists, I mean regionally self-reliant. So that you have these individual cells. The idea of having different solutions in different areas, so that we have a very robust, durable civilization.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanIdeasDifferentSelfWould BeIndividualWishCivilizationSolutionsAreasCellsRobustMean PeopleMy WishSelf Reliant Author:Daniel Suarez
“Anyone who has ever tried to share pizza iwth roommates knows that Communism cannot ever work. If Lenin and Marx had just shard an apartment, perhaps a hundred million lives might have been spared and put to productive use making sneakers and office furniture.” IfsKnowsHas BeensUseMightMillionsShareOfficeHundredCommunismProductiveApartmentFurnitureMight Have BeenPizzaSneakersRoommate Author:Daniel Suarez
“But if they're so successful, why haven't parasites taken over the world? The answer is simple: they have. We just haven't noticed. That's because successful parasites don't kill us; they become part of us, making us perform all the work to keep them alive and help them reproduce.” IfsWorldHelpingSimpleAnswersSuccessfulTakenAliveHavensParasites Book:Daemon Source: Daemon