Matt Mullenweg

Technology is best when it brings people together.

The power of the web is not in centralization; it's not in closed systems or anything like that. It's in its open nature, and that's what allowed it to flourish for the first 10 or 15 years.

Simplicity can have a negative impact when it's the crude reduction of nuances beyond appreciation: a Matisse presented as a 16-color GIF.

We have to slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully align all of our interests.

Falling entry barriers and lower access costs have significantly democratised participation, whether in production or consumption.

Longreads embodies a lot of what we really value with Automattic and WordPress.