April 2012
7 posts
“There’s never been a shortage of whistles; there’s always been a shortage of people willing to blow them.”
—New York Times media sage David Carr on curation, censorship, paywalls, and the future of journalism. (via explore-blog)
“A day in which nothing bad happens is a miracle – it’s a day in which all the things that could have gone wrong failed to go wrong. A dull day is a triumph of the human spirit; boredom is a luxury unprecedented in the history of our species.”
—“All Families are Psychotic”, Douglas Coupland
“Consume information locally. Consume information about your community and your family first. Be more concerned with your spouse than the President and his spouse. Or Snooki. Be literate and to up your game when it comes to data literacy. Understand that your information diet is consequential to others. Demand whole and sustainable news, not news that is based on sensationalized content and placed next to advertising.”
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