“There are two competing philosophies in Wool: one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.” PeopleShouldTwoPhilosophyOrderIronCompetingThumbsWool Author:Hugh Howey
“Run, we think, as buildings crumble. Run, as people perish.” PeopleThinkingRunningBuilding Book:Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories Source: Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories
“Imagine the first discovery that one of these epidemics was man-made—the panic, the violence that would ensue. That’s where the end would come. A typhoon kills a few hundred people, does a few billion in damage, and what do we do?” Erskine interlocked his fingers. “We come together. We put the pieces back. But a terrorist’s bomb.” He frowned. “A terrorist’s bomb does the same damage, and it throws the world into turmoil.” He spread his hands apart like an explosion going off. “When there’s only God to blame, we forgive him. When it’s our fellow man, we must destroy him.” PeopleMenWorldFirstsDoeMadeEndsHandsTogetherPiecesImagineViolenceHundredDiscoveryFellowsBlameForgivingFingersSpreadBillionsTerroristDamageBombsPanicFellow ManExplosionsTurmoilEpidemicsTyphoons Author:Hugh Howey
“He thought of men like Hitler, Stalin, and Napoleon. All it took was a lot of seemingly decent people to put the wrong person in power and then fall under their spell.” PeopleMenPersonsFallDecentSpellsWrong Person Author:Hugh Howey
“We are not the people who made this world, Lukas, but it's up to us to survive it. You need to understand that." "We can't control where we are right now," he mumbled, "just what we do going forward.” PeopleWorldNeedsMadeThis WorldRight Now Book:Wool Source: Wool
“I use social media not to ask new people to like my stuff. I use social media to connect with that one reader who likes my stuff.” PeopleUseAsksSocialStuffMediaReaderSocial MediaLikes Author:Hugh Howey