“Digitisation was supposed to lead to a great democratisation of access...” — Nick Harkaway Quote

“Digitisation was supposed to lead to a great democratisation of access to creative work.”

“We lose stories every day because they drift out of use and into the vast limbo of in-copyright, out-of-print books whose ownership is unclear.”

“The notion of our leaders as patrician ascetics of unassailable virtue is risible.”

“I don't believe in the model of pure inspiration. All of my creative work stems from a dialogue with others.”

“Our education system has succeeded so far in teaching generations to do different routine tasks. So when tractors displaced farming labor, we taught the next generation to work in factories. But what we've never really been good at is teaching a huge number of people to do non-routine creative work.”

“If you're doing creative work, that work should never feel trivial - even if what you're doing is for hire or lightly intended. Even the mundane doesn't have to be trivial.”