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Quote by Douglas Coupland

“Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky.”

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Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist born on December 30, 1961. His works depict the complexity of modern society with a unique perspective and style, particularly focusing on personal identity, consumer culture, and technological development. His notable works include 'Generation X' and 'Shitty Millennial'. more

“If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation. Whoever concerns himself with big technology, either to push it forward or to stop it, is gambling in human lives.”

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Author:Freeman Dyson

“Software is like sex: It's better when it's free.”

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Author:Linus Torvalds

“I find cutting myself attractive ... I find it sexual.”

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Author:Richey Edwards

“One really ought to be afraid of self-torture. But it tempted me. It begged. The dark place that my mind was fast becoming blends, in my memory, with the dark womb of church: the chant, the fugue of prayer, the strange erotic energy that carving a very small cross into my thigh with a nail had brought.”

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Author:Marya Hornbacher

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