“ Virulence is the sound of a self-selecting community talking to itself and positively reinforcing itself with no obligation to answer to anyone or look anyone in the eye. Thomas L. Friedman
“ When widely followed public figures feel free to say anything, without any fact-checking, it becomes impossible for a democracy to think intelligently about big issues. Thomas L. Friedman
“ Goods are traded, but services are consumed and produced in the same place. And you cannot export a haircut. But we are coming close to exporting a haircut, the appointment part. What kind of haircut… Thomas L. Friedman
“ How youMore people will learn about IBM from Wikipedia in the coming years than from IBM itself. Thomas L. Friedman
“ When Muslim radicals and fundamentalists look at the West, they see only the openness that makes us, in their eyes, decadent and promiscuous. They see only the openness that has produced Britney Spear… Thomas L. Friedman
“ Internet là trụ cột của quá trình dân chủ hóa thông tin: không có ai sở hữu Internet; Internet được phi tập trung hóa hoàn toàn; không ai có thể xóa bỏ Internet; và Internet có thể đến với từng nhà và… Thomas L. Friedman
“ … Education is a process, not a place. Education can and must go on everywhere all the time-in schools, offices, at home, online, in the classroom, over your iPod… Thomas L. Friedman
“ Intel engineers did a rough calculation of what would happen had a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle improved at the same rate as microchips did under Moore’s law. These are the numbers: Today, that Beetle would… Thomas L. Friedman
“ Development is a voluntary process. You need a positive decision to make the right steps, but it starts with introspection. Thomas L. Friedman
“ One of the newest figures to emerge on the world stage in recent years is the social entrepreneur. This is usually someone who burns with desire to make a positive social impact on the world, but beli… Thomas L. Friedman
“ People will change their habits quickly IF they have a strong reason for doing so. Thomas L. Friedman
“ Some of our bonding moments were times of great tragedy, but there were many happy memories as well. Though we each have since retreated to the different worlds from whence we came, the bond between u… Thomas L. Friedman
“ In the Market, Mother Nature, and Moore’s law together constitute the age of accelerations, in which we now find ourselves. Thomas L. Friedman
“ Where trust is prevalent, he explained, groups and societies can move and adapt quickly through many informal contracts. By contrast, people who do not trust one another will end up cooperating only u… Thomas L. Friedman
“ Rabbi Marx pointed out to me that there is a verse in Isaiah that says, You are my witness. I am the Lord, Thomas L. Friedman
“ The problem was, they had no beds, but Gebbia did have three air mattresses. So we inflated them and called ourselves ‘Airbed and Breakfast.’ Three people stayed with us, and we charged them eighty do… Thomas L. Friedman
