“There is something so sad about going online and seeing almost everyone shouting ‘Notice me, notice me!’ Which is such a human desire—to be acknowledged. But me responding to that with some sort of ‘You’re noticed, you’re seen’ only perpetuates the loneliness. Because I’m not seeing you; I’m not noticing you. And whoever you are, you so deserve to be noticed and valued. I feel lucky to have not grown up with the Internet because it forced me to get out, struggle and be so messy.” FeelsHumansDesireStruggleSeeingLonelinessInternetLuckyDeserveOnlineMessyRespondingShoutingNoticingSo SadNotice MeNoticing You Author:Taylor Schilling
“Younger feminists actually care about stuff that came before them, the same way that I totally cared about and loved and felt so lucky to have access to the feminism that came before me. To have younger people take what me and my friends have done, and to say 'We have access to that, but we're going to put that through our own Internet generation filter and we're going to make it into something that speaks to us and is a lot smarter.'” PeopleWayDoneCareSpeakFeltStuffGenerationsFeminismInternetLuckyMy FriendsFeministAccessSmarterFiltersSo Lucky Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I'm lucky enough to have been in the age before the internet and now during the internet. I'm grateful to be a witness to that. It's horse and buggy versus car. To see how quickly things change has given me a renewed sense of optimism. Does that make sense?” DoeHas BeensEnoughAgeGivenCarInternetLuckyOptimismHorseGratefulWitnessMake SenseVersusThings Change Author:Kathleen Hanna
“It's so crazy with the Internet and being able to play shows to people who are actually interested in you. I feel so lucky when that happens.” PeopleFeelsPlayShowsHappensAbleCrazyInternetLuckySo Lucky Author:Mac DeMarco
“I've been really lucky. People have been nice to me on the internet. That's the reason why I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me.” PeopleHas BeensReasonNiceFiguresInternetLuckyReason Why Author:Erika M. Anderson
“Because I'm 44, I feel kind of lucky that I lived through this period where I started my career where there was no Internet at all, and now when I finish it, there will be nothing but the Internet.” FeelsKindCareersInternetPeriodsLucky Author:Chuck Klosterman
“In the summer between my freshman and sophomore year, my grandfather got me a job at a local messenger company working on Wall Street. I was lucky enough to have been in the business during a stock market boom but just before the fax machine appeared on the scene, let alone email and the Internet. As a result, the messenger business was booming.” YearsHas BeensEnoughJobsResultsCompanyStreetsWallInternetSceneLuckySummerMachinesLocalsGrandfatherEmailMy GrandfatherMessengersFreshmanSophomoreFaxSophomore YearFax Machines Author:Lewis Schiff
“The internet has allowed me to just be authentically myself, as opposed to having to perpetuate a certain image, and so I'm lucky that I don't have to fit into a certain box.” InternetFitLucky Author:Amandla Stenberg
“I am super lucky. I've been in the area where things have been changing and been part of the digital revolution, the magic of software, the internet, the computer, and now the cellphone... so it's been a great privilege.” MagicRevolutionInternetLuckyComputerSoftware Author:Bill Gates
“People act as if the internet will never die, that the Cloud will never die. In the face of that, much of human civilization, including our human bodies, seem so defective and mortal and constantly fading. Our lifespan is 80 years, 90 years if we're lucky, and that's a drop in the bucket compared to how long we think the internet will live.” PeopleThinkingLongInternetLuckyHuman BodyHuman Civilization Author:Virginia Heffernan
“I'm at a funny crossroads, personally. I really want to turn my attention away from planet-hunting towards Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program at UC-Berkeley. I'm in this lucky position that my career has been more successful than I could have ever imagined. It's time for me to roll the dice, try something that's a long shot. Younger scientists can't put their eggs in that basket, because if you spend your time on SETI, your chances of success are low. But I have the luxury. There are some experiments we can do to hunt for the great galactic Internet.” TryingLongChanceAttentionSuccessfulInternetLuckyProgramScientistCrossroads Author:Geoffrey Marcy
“Leonardo da Vinci was lucky to be born the same year that Johannes Gutenberg opened his printing shop. As a young person, he could get information about whatever struck his curiosity. The Internet is to our age what Gutenberg's press was to his, so he would have loved being alive today.” AgeTodayInternetLuckyCuriosityPrintingLive For TodayLeonardo Author:Walter Isaacson