It's a civic virtue to be exposed to things that appear to be outside your interest. In a complex world, almost everything affects you – that closes the loop on pecuniary self-interest. Customers are always right, but people aren't.

If you only have one shot at writing a headline, there's a lot of pressure.

We bought it, we own it, and we're going to take it back.

The Internet is showing us what it thinks we want to see, but not necessarily what we need to see.

By constantly moving the flashlight of your attention to the perimeter of your understanding, you enlarge your sense of the world.

There's the idea that people should be able to control how the information that they're giving to websites is used and monetized in a more clear and powerful way. That's something that probably will need government action.

In the last year, grassroots contributors like us gave more than $300 million to the Kerry campaign and the DNC, and proved that the Party doesn't need corporate cash to be competitive. Now it's our Party: we bought it, we own it, and we're going to take it back.