Selected Passages
Selected passages
They spoke with the surety of people who knew nothing
The future is already happening.
Do you know what the most powerful force in the land is? It's the comments section on any story, any tweet, any video. It's comments. it's controlled by anonymous posters"
"Nuance is dead. In its place, we have judgment. Instant judgment. That's the world we're living in. There's no truth. There's no fact. There's only what you can get to trend. And it's only getting worse."
Ted Grayson was very good at the ability, under pressure, to maintain calm. Because of course it wasn't calm. He felt what any normal human being felt. He just put it in a small box, off to the side
Irony was the purview of the late-night talk show hosts who felt their worldview wasn't simply different but superior to others. They enjoyed making fun of people. Mean-spirited but with a smile