Gap clothing allows you to look like you're from nowhere and anywhere. Douglas Coupland clthegap Change image and share on social
The urge to reincarnate while still alive is near universal. Douglas Coupland alivereincarnateuniversal Change image and share on social
Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your fingers, the soft inner part of the peel. The smell. Try and you can't. The brain doesn't process negatives. Douglas Coupland brainfingerimagine Change image and share on social
The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top, it's the ones who aim for two notches below the top. Douglas Coupland aimbusinesskiller Change image and share on social
Much of what we now consider 'personality' will be explained away as structural and chemical functions of the brain. Douglas Coupland brainchemicalexplain Change image and share on social
Remember travel agents? Remember how they just kind of vanished one day? Well, that's where all the other jobs that once made us middle class are going, to that same magical, class-killing, job-sucking wormhole into which travel agency jobs vanished, never to return. Douglas Coupland agencyagentclass share on social
I miss my pre-Internet brain, but that doesn't help anything. We can only go forward. Douglas Coupland brainforwardinternet Change image and share on social
Time perception is very much about how you sequence your activities, how many activities you layer overtop of others, and the types of gaps, if any, you leave in between activities. Douglas Coupland activitygaplayer Change image and share on social
Cellphones have, if nothing else, turned TV crime writers into lazy sloths. Douglas Coupland cellphonecrimelazy Change image and share on social
When you think about Twitter and you think what a dumb stupid throwaway technology, and then you have the Iranian elections and it actually saves the day - you can't prejudge technologies now because they have effects you may not have intended. Douglas Coupland daydumbeffect share on social
