“There is a rampant tendency in any industry where someone is trying to sell something with a bunch of data, where they cherry pick a little bit... bias a little bit. This becomes quite easy when there is an enormous amount of data to cherry pick from.” TryingLittlesEasyBitsIndustryAmountLittle BitPicksSellsEnormousBunchTendenciesDataBiasCherries Author:Burt Rutan
“Privatizing bits of the prison industry was a step in the right direction, but what we didn't have - until recently - were proper instruments for incentivizing the judiciary. That's what the 'kids for cash' judges were apparently experimenting with.” KidsBitsStepsJudgingIndustryInstrumentsPrisonCashRight DirectionJudiciarySteps In The Right Direction Author:Thomas Frank
“I'm a bit of a hacker fanatic and know a fair bit about that industry and cyber crime and cyber warfare.” KnowsBitsCrimeIndustryFairsWarfareFanaticsHackersCyberCyber Warfare Author:Seth Gordon
“It’s such a floating freak show. You get a bit older and you start to see what’s going on backstage in the collective psyche of this ridiculous industry. … Nothing pleases me more than when somebody who was awe-inspired to be working with me realizes I’m just another schmuck that they’re bored of hanging out with on a set. I love that moment. I like it when that persistent illusion is smashed.” MomentsShowsBitsRealizingIndustryPleaseIllusionInspiredRidiculousBoredAweCollectivesThat MomentHanging OutFreakFloatingPersistentPlease MeSchmucks Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“Theres a certain logic to systems, and that logic is fairly self-evident. Its very straightforward, usually. It might take a little research, it might take a little bit of industry to prize it out, but its there to be seen.” LittlesSelfMightCertainBitsIndustryLittle BitResearchLogicPrizeEvidentStraightforward Author:Michael Nesmith
“Every actor wants to change things up a bit. You don't want to be pigeonholed, and not just because of what the industry might think.” ThinkingWantMightActorsBitsIndustry Author:Aidan Turner
“I want to make films and write films, which will happen, I'm just taking a different route right now. I'm a bit of a chameleon with the whole entertainment industry so to speak.” WantWritingDifferentWholeHappensFilmSpeakBitsIndustryRight NowEntertainmentRoutesEntertainment IndustryChameleon Author:David Boreanaz
“The art world is now a fashion industry, led by its Whitney Biennial 'nose for the new look.' But nobody, it seems, has the guts or the brains to blow the necessary whistle and holler, 'Hold on guys! What the hell is this ugly bit of business?” WorldLooksArtSeemsGuyBitsBrainHellFashionIndustryBlowUglyNosesGutsArt WorldFashion IndustryWhitneyNew Look Author:Abe Ajay
“I'm a bit of a chameleon with the whole entertainment industry so to speak.” WholeSpeakBitsIndustryEntertainmentEntertainment IndustryChameleon Author:David Boreanaz
“As James Surowiecki noted in a New Yorker article, given a choice between developing antibiotics that people will take every day for two weeks and antidepressants that people will take every day for ever, drug companies not surprisingly opt for the latter. Although a few antibiotics have been toughened up a bit, the pharmaceutical industry hasn't given us an entirely new antibiotic since the 1970s.” PeopleHas BeensTwoChoicesGivenBitsCompanyWeekIndustryDrugDevelopingLatterArticlesTwo WeeksNew YorkersPharmaceuticalAntibioticsAntidepressantsPharmaceutical IndustryDrug Companies Author:Bill Bryson
“It is sort of a bit of a caricature of capitalism, that it's always this zero-sum game where you have winners and losers. Silicon Valley, the technology industry at its best, creates a situation where everybody can be a winner.” GamesBitsSituationTechnologyIndustryCapitalismWinnerZeroLoserValleysCaricaturesSiliconSilicon ValleyWinner And LoserZero Sum Game Author:Peter Thiel
“Want me to sell my soul, just so I can go gold. You can have the cars, clothes the jewerlies, the houses and hos. Cats do anything for a little bit of fame and a little bit of change. Industry snakes, they ain't friendly. Thought she loved me, she just tricked me.” WantLittlesI CanSoulHouseBitsCarIndustryFameLittle BitClothesCatGoldSellsMy SoulFriendlyWant MeSnakes Author:Bow Wow
“The music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment. And I’m not willing to contribute my life’s work to an experiment that I don’t feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music. And I just don’t agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free.” FeelsShouldArtistValuesBitsWillingIndustryPerceptionAgreeCreatorExperimentsProducersMusic IndustryPerpetuatingSpotify Author:Taylor Swift
“I loved going to films, but as far as a movie buff, when I came into the movies at 16, life changed a little bit for me, from an onlooker to a person that lived within the industry. So now I would call myself a different sort of fan.” LittlesPersonsDifferentFilmBitsFansChangedIndustryLittle BitLife Changing Author:Debbie Reynolds
“Most of life is grey, with a little tiny bit of black and white. We're always subject to what I call the compression industry, which is an attempt to compress a million shades of grey with a little bit of black and white to just a hundred, or to ten, or to one!” LittlesLife IsBitsBlackWhiteMillionsSubjectsIndustryTenLittle BitHundredTinyShadeBlack And WhiteGreyShades Of GreyCompression Author:Bill Henson