some of my favorite quotes from what I read this past week on tech&society (note: at a conference this week, so didn’t do as much reading as normal):

“if a “Like” is legally considered something other than communication, digital dualism will more firmly embed itself”

“even Facebook-hating Redditors make assumptions abt people w/o Facebook accounts”

“it’s tempting to think of the rover as a bodacious chick on another planet with a rock vaporizing laser on her head”

“what App.net is really about is that geeks are getting uncomfortable with normal people encroaching on their space”

“the shadowy obverse of [Silicon Valley] is the militarized barracks in China”

“Social networks are just comparison life shopping”

“what isn’t real about the digital world?”

“Every moment we are afraid for our privacy, we are thrilled by our celebrity”

“Mediation presents itself as a friendly tool when in fact it creates distance between us and the ordinary“