I think there can be a positive sort of futurism even in a presentist society. But I think it's a kind of futurism that envisions augmenting human ability and intellect rather than creating some artificial machine intelligence that displaces us. Douglas Rushkoff abilityartificialaugment share on social
Advertising isn't just the disruption of aesthetics, the insults to your intelligence and the interruption of your train of thought. At every company that sells ads, a significant portion of their engineering team spends their day tuning data mining, writing better code to collect all your personal data. Jan Koum advertiseaestheticcode share on social
People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where the progress has been a lot more limited than people think. And the question is why. Peter Thiel areaartificialbreak share on social
Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day. Charles Evans Hughes appealbroodday Change image and share on social
There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence. Rebecca West artcamelgreat Change image and share on social
It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant. Don Herold ignorantlotprove Change image and share on social
A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces. Jose Bergamin amountcivilizationdisplace Change image and share on social
Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it. Thomas a Kempis destroyfaithfollow Change image and share on social
No one in this world, so far as I know - and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me - has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. H. L. Mencken agentemploygreat share on social
Intelligence services exist to do things that are illegal abroad. They exist to tell lies. David Ignatius abroadexistillegal Change image and share on social