#soc

If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#base #civil #civil society #enormous #harm

Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself. ↗

— Ang Lee

#being honest #big #big issue #commit #honest

I would change policy, bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world. ↗

— Bill Lee

#baseball #beer #bring #change #grass

One of the issues of social networking silos is that they have the data and I don't. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

#i #issues #networking #social

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems - about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#between #communications #cultural #cultural issues #due

Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#cultural #face #here #important #intellectual

Studying doesn't have to happen in a silo. It can be a social experience. You can engage with your friends and family to find out the answer to a tough question or have someone explain it to you. You can also study anywhere you happen to be and on any device. ↗

— Eric Lefkofsky

#answer #any #anywhere #device #engage

I'm craving more soul, I'm craving more truth, I'm craving more socially - just people that are aware of what's going on in the world. ↗

— John Legend

#craving #going #i #just #more

Democracy is indispensable to socialism. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#indispensable #socialism

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it. ↗

— John Lennon

#away #being #ends #expressing #i