“ Now, 75 years [after ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. Harper Lee
“ Certainly we can say that the pace of modern life, increased and supported by our technology in general and our personal electronics in particular, has resulted in a short attention span and an addict… Arthur Rosenfeld
“ We have created a manic world nauseous with the pursuit of material wealth. Many also bear their cross of imagined deprivation, while their fellow human beings remain paralyzed by real poverty. We dro… Anthon St. Maarten
“ People always knock what's new but I love the modern Internet, where cleverness is currency. Social media is a cleverness meritocracy. We're living in it. Alexei Maxim Russell
“ My biggest problem with modernity may lie in the growing separation of the ethical and the legal Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Sometime we forget to value the small things, that inspire us more than the large! We should learn from daily than planning stupid future. Vikram Roy
“ Y lo que, por el contrario, me sucede a mí en las raras horas de placer, lo que para mí es delicia, suceso, elevación y éxtasis, eso no lo conoce, ni lo ama, ni lo busca el mundo más que si acaso en l… Hermann Hesse
“ The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth. Edward Abbey
“ I felt like I wasn’t living thoroughly enough — I was distracted in ways I wouldn’t be if I’d been born in 1929. Miranda July
“ Nowadays, the Internet decides if you're good, not the big man in the big office. No matter how important that man thinks he is, everyone else knows that he's not important anymore, and the Internet d… Alexei Maxim Russell
“ Addiction is the primary way people escape the modern world. Unfortunately, it is destroying the modern world. Christyl Rivers
“ When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of… Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“ Although we may wish for more or strive to do better than we have, in these times it is enough to keep your soul. Eric Micha'el Leventhal
“ Never forget that you live in an ecosystem designed to disrupt you and it will take you for a ride if you let it. Michael Harris
“ The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's worst fear is just death Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ When we think we're multitasking we're actually multiswitching. That is what the brain is very good at doing - quickly diverting its attention from one place to the next. We think we're being producti… Michael Harris
