#thin

Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#gives #knowledge #more #new #new knowledge

One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage. ↗

— David Simon

#actually #almost #best #contemporary #inclined

While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point. ↗

— David Simon

#does #feel #i #i think #life

There are no morals about technology at all. Technology expands our ways of thinking about things, expands our ways of doing things. If we're bad people we use technology for bad purposes and if we're good people we use it for good purposes. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#bad #bad people #doing #expands #good

The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to attain goals, and to function. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#concerned #designer #engineer #function #generally

Maybe we ought to have a world in which things are divided between people kind of fairly. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#divided #fairly #kind #maybe #ought

The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating, even awe-inspiring - but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#awe-inspiring #beautiful #demand #demands #even

Which editor? I can't think of one editor I worked with as an editor. The various companies did have editors but we always acted as our own editor, so the question has no answer. ↗

— Joe Simon

#always #answer #companies #did #editor

I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far. ↗

— Neil Simon

#come #far #i #i love #life

Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life. ↗

— Neil Simon

#down #drawing #everyone #happened #just