“The key of writing fiction isn't just to remove something that the reader or listener can easily imagine. It's not a matter of being coy, or withholding information. It's allowing for multiple possibilities, recognizing the complexity of human behavior, and making the world of a piece of fiction as marvelously confounding as the world we live in.” WorldWritingHumansMatterFictionPiecesImagineInformationPossibilityKeysReaderBehaviorComplexityRemoveAllowingMultipleListenersHuman BehaviorRecognizingWriting FictionWithholdingConfoundingComplexity Of HumanWithholding Information Author:Peter Turchi
“Never before has information been so important, to governments and businesses alike. And please don't imagine that some of you gathered here today may be less concerned than others. Globalization means that the "butterfly effect" is everywhere at work. The mistakes of a stockbroker in Singapore or the collapse of the Baht in Bangkok, the decisions of a Finnish industrial concern, or what the Governor of Minas Gerais in Brazil decides to do about his State's debt, have had consequences for the world as a whole.” WorldMayMeanImportantStatesWholeGovernmentTodayDecisionBusinessMistakeImagineEffectsInformationPleaseConsequenceConcernConcernedDebtButterflyCollapseImagine ThatGovernorsGlobalizationBrazilSingaporeFinnishStockbrokersBangkokButterfly EffectGovernment And Business Author:Jacques Chirac
“I can imagine people actually working in virtual environments where productive, cooperative work is undertaken, and I think we will find people helping others to take advantage of masses of information that are inaccessible or too vast to process in real time today.” PeopleThinkingI CanRealHelpingTodayProcessEnvironmentImagineInformationMassAdvantageHelping OthersProductiveCooperativesInaccessible Author:Vinton Cerf
“Frankly speaking, I could never even imagine that such information would be of interest to the American public or that the campaign headquarters of one of the candidates - in this case, Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton - apparently worked for her, rather than for all the Democratic Party candidates in an equal manner. I could never assume that anybody would find it interesting.” Would BeInterestInterestingPartyCasesImagineInformationEqualAssumingDemocraticClintonCampaignsCandidatesImagine ThatDemocratic PartyHeadquartersNever Assume Author:Vladimir Putin