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“Look at it, every day more lusers than users, keyboards and screens turning into nothin but portals to Web sites for what Management wants everybody addicted to, shopping games, jerking off, streaming endless garbage-”

Book:Bleeding Edge

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Bleeding Edge

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Thomas Pynchon

Thomas Pynchon is an American novelist born on May 8, 1937. His works are known for their complex narrative structures, rich symbolism, and profound social criticism. His representative works include 'The Crying of Lot 49' and 'Gravity's Rainbow'. more

“To turn yourself into an image is to expose your daily life, your misfortunes, your desires and your possibilities. It is to have no secrets left. Never to tire of expressing yourself, speaking, communicating. To be readable at every moment, overexposed to the glare of the information media (like the woman who appears live twenty-four hours a day on the Internet, showing the tiniest details of her life).”

Social Media Privacy Reality Shows Streaming Live Videos Voluntary Surveillance

Book:The Intelligence of Evil or the Lucidity Pact

Source: The Intelligence of Evil or the Lucidity Pact

“It is my expectation that wireless WiFi streaming of movies on airplanes will increase the rates of illness and disease in pilots, cabin crew and frequent fliers.”

Pilots Crew Wireless Streaming Airplanes Wifi Cabin Frequent Rates Fliers

Author:Steven Magee

“To get views, you'll keep on going even though you know it's wrong; you choose unscrupulous methods even when you know the consequences. Despite knowing full well the pain your actions will bring to others, you have no qualms about exploiting it for attention because you're not the one getting hurt.”

Views Social Media Streaming Influencer Exploit User Unscrupulous

Book:The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1

Source: The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1

“Se conocieron como lo hacían los niños con intereses muy de nicho en los dos mil: en el chat de videojuegos que quemaban el ordenador y con la constante advertencia de sus padres de que no hablasen con extraños en internet.”