“In the digital universe, our personal history and its sense of narrati...” — Douglas Rushkoff Quote

“In the digital universe, our personal history and its sense of narrative is succeeded by our social networking profile - a snapshot of the current moment. The information itself - our social graph of friends and likes - is a product being sold to market researchers in order to better predict and guide our futures.”

“The competitive advantage professional journalism enjoys over the free is just that: professional journalists, whose paid positions give them the time and resources they need to commit more fully to the task. If we can't do better, so be it.”

“I tend to not watch things that are current. And then if everybody swears it's amazing then I'll like watch the whole series in a weekend.”

“I do all I can to maintain good health. I eat mostly plants, as Michael Pollan would say. I get a lot of exercise. I lead a purposeful daily life. I stay current with the dentist. I made the formative decision of where to live over thirty years ago when I settled in a 'main street' small town in upstate New York.”

“First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position.”