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“The most important thing about a technology is how it changes people.”

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Jaron Lanier is a writer, musician, and computer scientist. He is renowned for his pioneering work in the field of virtual reality (VR) and is recognized for his critical analysis of network culture in his book 'You Are Not a Gadget'. more

“Roland glares at Connor and Connor glares back. Then he says what he always says at moments like this. "Nice socks." Although Roland doesn't look down right away, it derails him just enough for him to back off. He doesn't check to see if his socks match until he thinks Connor isn't looking. And the moment he does, Connor snickers. Small victories are better than none.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Doe Enough Moments Nice Victory Checks Sock Glare Snickers Small Victories

Book:Unwind

Source: Unwind

“Fine," Connor tells him. "Think about stuff until your head explodes. But the only thing I want to think about is surviving to eighteen." I find your shallowness both refreshing and disappointing at the same time. Do you think that means I need therapy?”

Thinking Want Needs Mean Stuff Fine Therapy Surviving Eighteen Disappointing Refreshing Unwind Shallowness

Book:Unwind

Source: Unwind

“I was asking if unwinding kills you, or if it leaves you alive somehow. C'mon—it's not like we haven't thought about it." (...) What do you think, Connor?" asks Hayden. "What happens to your soul when you get unwound?" Who says I even got one?" For the sake of argument, let's say you do." Who says I want an argument?”

Ifs Thinking Want Soul Asks Alive Havens Argument Asking Sake Your Soul Pens

Author:Neal Shusterman

“Time doesn't seem to pass here: it just is.”

Seems

Book:The Lord of the Rings: One Volume

Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume

“My story is important not because it is mine, God knows, but because if I tell it anything like right, the chances are you will recognize that in many ways it is also yours… it is precisely through these stories in all their particularity, as I have long believed and often said, that God makes himself known to each of us more powerfully and personally. If this is true, it means that to lose track of our stories is to be profoundly impoverished not only humanly but also spiritually.”

Ifs Knows Way Mean Long Said Important Stories Loses Chance Known Mines Track God Knows Chances Are

Author:Frederick Buechner

“And Death spoke to them —’” “Sorry,” interjected Harry, “but Death spoke to them?” “It’s a fairy tale, Harry!” “Right, sorry. Go on.”

Goes On Sorry Tales Fairy Spokes Fairy Tale Harry Potter

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?”

Want Consumerism Dissatisfied Lullaby

Book:Lullaby

Source: Lullaby

“Some people still think knowledge is power.”

People Thinking Stills Knowledge Is Power

Book:Lullaby

Source: Lullaby

“Boredom is a mask frustration wears.”

Boredom Frustration Mask

Author:Neal Stephenson

“Courage! Do not fall back.”

Fall Leadership Fall Back

Book:Joan of Arc: Self Portrait

Source: Joan of Arc: Self Portrait

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