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“we may risk, in being so concentrated in demolishing digital dualism, overestimating just how enmeshed the digital and analogue are<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“I’ve lost remaining tolerance of people who talk about Facebook as if it’s all trivia. Mine is full of death & pain. As well as the mundane<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“Just had lovely dinner for a friend’s birthday, met interesting people, had a perfect night. No one took any photos. What a waste of time<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“If there\u2019s anything Americans love more than expensive outdoor recreation equipment, bacon, and wars of choice, it\u2019s innovation<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“Google is acting like a court, deciding what content it keeps up and what it pulls \u00a0— all without the sort of democratic accountability or transparency we have come to expect<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“how do we build and teach a new form of civics that takes advantage of what seems to work best offline and online?<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“If TED took a turn to leftist (or any) critique, \u017di\u017eek, the professor of \u201ctoilets and ideology,\u201d would be the keynote speaker<\/a>”<\/p>\n

\u201cTen, 20 years from now, the legacy of [Facebook] should be, we have connected everyone in the world<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

“Becoming yourself is largely a matter of becoming someone who is paid attention to<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“Human self-awareness is multiplying itself onto an altogether new plane<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“If the internet ideal inspired the protest movements of the past year, it\u2019s little wonder they\u2019re struggling<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“Instagram is the new go-to platform for saying \u201cI live a full life and here is photographic proof”<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“technological autonomy may be the single most important problem ever to face our species and the planet as a whole<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“Facebook\u2019s basic material is the paradox of identity, the principle of self-presentation that can be undone by others<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“an uncritical embrace of automation, for all the efficiency that it offers, is just a prelude to dystopia<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“Analog stuff is popular online<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Follow Nathan on Twitter: @nathanjurgenson<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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