I worry that the level of interrupt, the sort of overwhelming rapidity of information โ and especially of stressful information โ is in fact affecting cognition. It is in fact affecting deeper thinking. I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.โจ And I worry that weโre losing that.
Eric SchmidtBrands are the solution, not the problem. Brands are how you sort out the cesspool. ... Brand affinity is clearly hard wired. It is so fundamental to human existence that it's not going away. It must have a genetic component.
Eric SchmidtThere's been spying for years, there's been surveillance for years, and so forth, I'm not going to pass judgement on that, it's the nature of our society.
Eric SchmidtIf you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
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