We're dumber and less cognitively nimble if we're not around other people - and, now, other machines. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes cognitively dumb machine
The main message of 'Smarter Than You Think' is an attempt to look at the productively new and interesting ways that we have begun to learn about the world, to think about what we found, and to mull it over and argue about it with other people as we use technology. Clive Thompson argueattemptbegin share on social
There's nothing wrong with talking out loud in public, but there is something wrong with the government sucking up all those utter instances in a database just in case they maybe want to bust you in five years. Clive Thompson bustcasedatabase share on social
Insurance firms have always carefully studied real-world data to figure out what, precisely, constitutes a risky activity. Clive Thompson activitycarefullyconstitute Change image and share on social
A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick. Brene Brown achebelongbiologically share on social
I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machines. Claude Shannon doghumanmachine Change image and share on social
The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization. Fredric Jameson americanclotheculture share on social