In the Sixties, the hippies said "Make love, not war," and that was naive. But it might be less naive to say "Make music, not war," in the sense that the people who create musical instruments are the same people who make up new weapons.

Spirituality is committing suicide. Consciousness is attempting to will itself out of existence.

An economy where advertisers thrive while journalists and artists struggle, reflects the values of a society more interested in deception and manipulation than in truth and beauty

Digital technologies are setting down the new grooves of how people live, how we do business, how we do everything--and they're doing it according to the expectations of foolish utopian scenarios. We want free online experiences so badly that we are happy to not be paid for information that comes from us now or ever. That sensibility also implies that the more dominant information becomes in our economy, the less most of us will be worth.

Individuals achieve optimal stupidity when they're given substantial powers while being insulated from the results of their actions.

People try to treat technology as an object, and it can't be. It can only be a channel.

I think seeking perfection in human affairs is a perfect way to destroy them.