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“Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice.”
― Evgeny Morozov

tags: nytimes

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#2

“A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, Fanshawe

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“You can only come to the morning through the shadows.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: lotr

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“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

tags: light, moon, sense-of-wonder, stars

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#5

“A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.”
― Conn Iggulden, Genghis: Birth of an Empire

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“We are the silver people, the Mongols. When they ask, tell them there are no tribes. Tell them I am khan of the sea of grass, and they will know me by that name, as Genghis. Yes, tell them that. Tell them that I am Genghis and I will ride.”
― Conn Iggulden, Genghis: Birth of an Empire

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#7

“Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.”
― Joseph E. Stiglitz, Making Globalization Work

tags: development

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#8

“The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.”
― Joseph E. Stiglitz, The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future

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“The most effective system of Internet control is not the one that has the most sophisticated and draconian system of censorship, but the one that has no need for censorship whatsoever.”
― Evgeny Morozov, The Net Delusion: How Not to Liberate The World

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“We must not fixate on what this new arsenal of digital technologies allows us to do without first inquiring what is worth doing.”
― Evgeny Morozov, To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism

tags: technology

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“If Amazon’s dream of a world without gatekeepers becomes reality, then the company itself will become a powerful gatekeeper.”
― Evgeny Morozov, To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism

tags: gatekeepers, technology

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#12

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
― Steve Jobs

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#13

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.”
― Steve Jobs

tags: life, life-and-living

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#14

“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
― Steve Jobs

tags: inspirational

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#15

“Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.”
― Steve Jobs

tags: apple, ileadership, jobs, mac, macintosh, steve

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“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”
― Steve Jobs

tags: design, inspirational, life-lessons

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#17

“In Geo-Politics, a nation has no permanent allies or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.”
― George Friedman

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#18

“Strategy is something that emerges from reality, while tactics might be chosen.”
― George Friedman

tags: decision-making, leadership

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“Presidents and other politicians manage the appearance of things, largely by manipulating the air and hope.”
― George Friedman, The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

tags: emotion, leadership, morale

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“Long-term solutions are more attractive and cause much less controversy than short-term solutions, which will affect people who are still alive and voting.”
― George Friedman, The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

tags: leadership, politics, vision

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“When you drill down and see the forces that are shaping nations, you can see that the menu from which they choose is limited.”
― George Friedman, The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

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#22

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

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#23

“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

tags: art, inspirational

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#24

“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

tags: art

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#25

“The knowledge of all things is possible”
― Leonardo da Vinci

tags: creativity, curiosity, knowledge, learning

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#26

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

tags: learning

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#27

“life without love, is no life at all”
― Leonardo da Vinci

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#28

“Intellectual passion drives out sensuality. ”
― Leonardo DaVinci

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#29

“The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.”
― Leonardo Da Vinci

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#30

“Realize that everything connects to everything else.”
― Leonardo Da Vinci

tags: wisdom

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