#consume

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it. ↗

— Herbert Simon

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It's crucial to keep in mind that the hundreds of millions of dollars now spent on prescription drug advertisements are ultimately paid for by consumers in the form a higher drug prices. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

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The goal of re-importation is to provide American consumers with access to drugs at the world market price - not the inflated price now paid only by Americans. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#american #american consumers #consumers #goal #inflated

There is no disputing the fact that American consumers pay 30 to 300 percent more for the same prescription drugs as our counterparts in Canada, Europe, and the rest of the world. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#american consumers #canada #consumers #counterparts #disputing

While American taxes pay for much of the research and development that goes into creating the new, life-saving drugs, American consumers continue to subsidize the cost of the drugs for consumers across the world. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#american #american consumers #consumers #continue #cost

We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment. ↗

— Peter Singer

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What a couple. I'm consumed into ashes. And he's always raking up the ashes and setting them on fire again. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

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Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. ↗

— Adam Smith

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At the bottom, the elimination of spyware and the preservation of privacy for the consumer are critical goals if the Internet is to remain safe and reliable and credible. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

#consumer #credible #critical #elimination #goals

The Spy Act strikes a right balance between preserving legitimate and benign uses of this technology, while still, at the same time, protecting unwitting consumers from the harm caused when it is misused and, of course, designed for nefarious purposes. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

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