“Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on cell phones when they were pushed on swings as toddlers. Now, their parents text at the dinner table and don't look up from their BlackBerry when they come for end-of-school day pickup.” LooksIdeasEndsSchoolRememberCultureParentAttentionGrewGrew UpTablesPhonesDinnerCellsTeenagerLook UpDistractionSwingsCell PhoneToddlerDinner TableBlackberriesPickupsSchool Days Author:Sherry Turkle
“The search for pleasure is circular, repetitive, atemporal. The variety seeking of the spectator, the thrill hunter, the sexually promiscuous, always ends in the same place. It has an end. It comes to the end and has to start over. It is not a journey and return, but a closed cycle, a locked room, a cell.” EndsPleasureRoomsJourneyReturnSeekingVarietyCellsCyclesOver ItLockedThrillHuntersSpectatorsStarting OverSexuallyRepetitivePromiscuous Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Cellular pathology is not an end if one cannot see any alteration in the cell. Chemistry brings the clarification of living processes nearer than does anatomy. Each anatomical change must have been preceded by a chemical one.” IfsDoeHas BeensEndsProcessCellsChemistryChemicalsAnatomyAlterationsPathologyCellularClarification Author:Rudolf Virchow
“If you feel someone suspicious is following you, the best thing to do is to talk on your cell phone, Even if you just act as if someone is on the other end, it will make them think twice.” IfsThinkingFeelsEndsPhonesFollowingCellsBest ThingsThings To DoSuspiciousCell PhoneThink Twice Author:Arthur Mitchell