Somebody told me, โTwitter hates tabloids, but Twitter is constantly acting like a tabloid, repeating the mistakes of the things weโre hoping to better.โ Twitter wanted to become a more egalitarian justice system, but instead it became a draconian one.
Jon RonsonMy worryingly paradoxical thought process could be summarized thus: Thank God I don't believe in the secret rulers of the world. Imagine what the secret rulers of the world might do to me if I did!
Jon RonsonI heard a story about her once,' said James. 'She was interviewing a psychopath. She showed him a picture of a frightened face and asked him to identify the emotion. He said he didn't know what the emotion was but it was the face people pulled just before he killed them.
Jon RonsonI wasn't in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked.
Jon RonsonGuy Savelli's role in the War on Terror began when half-a-dozen strangers, within days of one another, contacted him via e-mail and telephone in the winter of 2003. They asked him if he had the power to psychically kill goats. Guy was bewildered. He did not go around publicizing this. Who were these men? How did they know about the goats? He feigned a casual tone of voice and said, 'Sure I can.'Then he phoned Special Forces.
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