#ted

I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn't been in hardware or software per se but collaboration - the idea behind Napster, which uses the distributed power of the Internet as its engine. ↗

— Steven Levy

#beautiful thing #been #behind #collaboration #distributed

One of the arguments that authoritarian governments use to ward off the call for greater political freedom is to argue that American-style democracy is no guarantee of good policy.... Over the years, I’ve grown used to these arguments, and my response has rarely wavered: Sure, we might make dumb choices sometimes, but we will defend, to the end, the right to make choices at all, because we believe that our collective conscience, freely expressed, will eventually lead us in the right direction. When it comes to guns, it is getting harder to muster that argument abroad. Every new shooting, every new failure of will and citizenship, slashes another hole in our credibility as a way of life. ↗

— Evan Osnos

#authoritarianism #credibility #democracy #government #gun-policy

It's a surer way to a woman's heart to be interested in what she's thinking than what she's wearing or not wearing. ↗

— Tina Louise

#interested #she #surer #than #thinking

Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that makes you cintribute with something good to this world is truly the way to go. ↗

— Simon Zingerman

#business #creativity #feel-good #good-hearted #goodness

The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die. ↗

— Juliette Lewis

#continuing #did #die #ever #i

I wanted to see if you could put a prototype radio station on the Internet so you wouldn't have to invest $50 million or $100 million or $150 million to buy a transmitter and a frequency. ↗

— Tom Leykis

#could #frequency #i #internet #invest

Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#being #believe #could #feel #i

Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States. ↗

— Joe Lieberman

#biological weapons #chemical #danger #day #development

I really hated school and so I just wanted to stay home and watch 'I Love Lucy' and watch the movies that inspired me to the point where we are sitting here. ↗

— Justin Long

#here #home #i #i love #i love lucy

I never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was interested in the idea of healing and in the psychological dimension rather early on. ↗

— Robert Jay Lifton

#dimension #doctor #early #envisioned #healing