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.

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

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