Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion. Timothy Garton Ash battlefieldblooddevelopment share on social
Every new medium transforms the nature of human thought. In the long run, history is the story of information becoming aware of itself. James Gleick awarehistoryhuman Change image and share on social
I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course. Jeremy Rifkin advancebenefitcome share on social
The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history. Noam Chomsky biblebookgenocidal Change image and share on social
For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the veil of distortion and misrepresentation, ideology and class interest, through which the events of current history are presented to us. Noam Chomsky classcurrentdemocracy share on social
President Obama is one of the great political knife-fighters in modern history. He is a failed president - his economy is bleak, his foreign policy bleaker, his vision for American even bleaker still. But he wins. Ben Shapiro americanbleakeconomy share on social
My son, Walker, has a band called The Dust Busters. You know, he plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin, so a lot of my interest in that kind of music comes from him constantly listening to this stuff. He's taught me the history of it. It's remarkable how these young kids are now turned on to more traditional old-time music. Sam Shepard bandbanjobuster share on social
In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary. Friedrich Nietzsche historyironman Change image and share on social
For the modern physicist, reality is the whole thing, past and future joined in a single history. The sensation of now is just that, a sensation, and different for everyone. Instead of one master clock, we have clocks in multitudes. James Gleick clockfuturehistory share on social
A good part of 'The Information' is about the transition from an oral to a literary culture. Books effected such a great transformation in the way we think about the world, our history, our logic, mathematics, you name it. I think we would be greatly diminished as a people and as a culture if the book became obsolete. James Gleick bookculturediminish share on social