“Access to the outside world is preventing more censorship. I do think information flow is happening in China. .. There's no doubt in my mind that it's been a huge plus.” ThinkingWorldMindDoubtInformationHugeHappeningsFlowChinaAccessNo DoubtPlusCensorshipPreventingOutside WorldInformation Flow Author:Bill Gates
“... war reporting is still essentially the same - someone has to go there and see what is happening. You can't get that information without going to places where people are being shot at, and others are shooting at you. The real difficulty is having enough faith in humanity to believe that enough people, be they government, military or the man on the street, will care when your file reaches the printed page, the website or the TV screen.” PeopleMenBelieveStillsWarRealEnoughGovernmentCareHumanityStreetsMilitaryInformationHe ManTvsPagesHappeningsShotsDifficultyScreensShootingFilesWebsitePrintedFaith In Humanity Author:Marie Colvin
“Nevertheless, no school can work well for children if parents and teachers do not act in partnership on behalf of the children's best interests. Parents have every right to understand what is happening to their children at school, and teachers have the responsibility to share that information without prejudicial judgment.... Such communication, which can only be in a child's interest, is not possible without mutual trust between parent and teacher.” IfsWellsChildrenSchoolParentInterestResponsibilityTeacherShareInformationCommunicationJudgmentHappeningsMutualPartnershipNeverthelessBehalfParents And TeachersSchools And TeachersMutual Trust Author:Dorothy H Cohen
“The glut of information that is spayed at us on a daily basis is an important factor in the formation of our ideologies, and it's not even actually happening in front of us.” ImportantFrontsInformationHappeningsBasesFactorsIdeologyFormation Author:Andrew Neel
“I would say there is a conversation happening between your body and mind all the time. Even when you're sleeping, your body is communicating the information to your mind. And so to me it feels like, why not harness that? If it's happening all the time, why not control the content of the conversation?” IfsFeelsMindBodySleepInformationConversationHappeningsCommunicateYour BodyWhy NotMind And BodyHarness Author:Amy Cuddy
“I get most my information about what's happening in the United States from reports and studies, which are often in conflict with what you read on the editorial pages, or handouts from right wing institutions like the American Enterprise Institute.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesStudyInformationConflictPagesHappeningsInstitutionsWingsEnterpriseReportsRight WingInstituteEditorialsHandouts Author:Ishmael Reed
“It's really difficult to get good information, and there's a reason for that. They're not letting journalists in. Whenever something really bad is happening, we always are dealing with uncertain information. Certainly what is happening there is qualitatively different from what happening in Abyei.” DifferentReasonDifficultInformationHappeningsJournalistUncertainGood Information Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“The biggest challenge of being the press secretary is trying to be aware of all of the things that are happening, both around the world but also here at home and in politics, and trying to absorb all of that information as quickly as I can.” WorldTryingI CanHomeChallengesInformationHappeningsPressesAround The WorldSecretary Author:Josh Earnest
“We have this revolution that's happening in our lifetime. The Information Revolution is changing absolutely every industry and every part of life and society and behavior.” InformationRevolutionIndustryBehaviorHappeningsLifetimeParts Of Life Author:Pete Cashmore
“Obviously, there's all sorts of life happening all around us, but on a human level, I'm just interested in people making informed decisions. You know, increasing their awareness. And also, trying to encourage people to be more fascinated with information and science and knowledge of all sorts, instead of, you know, it's a generalization, but the encouragement by society, the reflections that society gives us, which is media, television, art - anything, really.” PeopleKnowsGivingTryingHumansArtDecisionLevelsAwarenessMediaInformationTelevisionHappeningsReflectionEncouragementFascinatedGeneralizationLife Happens Author:Reggie Watts
“If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to have direct access to AP wires. The day the marines landed in Haiti and restored [ Jan Bètran] Aristide there was a lot of excitement about the dedication to democracy and so on. But the day before the marines landed, when every journalist was looking at Haiti because it was assumed that something big was happening, the AP wires reported that then [Bill] Clinton administration had authorized Texaco to ship oil illegally to the military junta.” IfsLooksBigsDemocracyHappenedMilitaryInformationHappeningsFlowDirectBillsPressesConstantClintonOilAccessShipsAdministrationJournalistExcitementDedicationMarineWireHaiti Author:Noam Chomsky
“Do I think it would be better that people knew the atrocities that Monsanto commits or the influence of corporate money in government or government subsidies for our current food system that's a disaster and not sustainable? Yes. That would be really great, but a lot of that information unless you look for it, it's not available to you because that's not the discussion that's happening on mainstream news.” PeopleThinkingLooksGovernmentWould BeInfluenceInformationNewsHappeningsCurrentsAvailableDisasterCommitCorporateDiscussionMainstreamReally GreatAtrocitiesSubsidiesMonsanto Author:Ellen Page
“Our world is so glutted with useless information, images, useless images, sounds, all this sort of thing. It's a cacophony, it's like a madness I think that's been happening in the past twenty-five years. And I think anything that can help a person sit in a room alone and not worry about it is good.” ThinkingWorldYearsPersonsHelpingPastSoundRoomsWorryFiveInformationHappeningsMadnessTwentiesUselessFive YearsOur WorldTwenty FiveCacophonyUseless Information Author:Martin Scorsese
“More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.” PeopleIfsKnowsReasonDarkEmotionInformationNewsHappeningsExpectationsNegativeBad NewsNegative Emotions Author:Simon Sinek