Majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But -- like other precious, sacred things, such as the home and the family -- it's not only worth dying for; it can make you wish you were dead. Imagine if all of life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza. Every pair of pants, even those in a Brooks Brothers suit, would be stonewashed denim. Celebrity diet and exercise books would be the only thing on the shelves at the library. And -- since women are a majority of the population -- we'd all be married to Mel Gibson.
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Elections are only passing events in a far more complex and ongoing process. It is clear from these results that although the ANC will still be the largest party in South Africa, in absolute terms, its supports continues to decline in election after election.
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Cyberspace: A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation.
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I was watching CNN during the riots of Los Angeles a couple of years ago and they were showing video footage of a mob looting a radio shack. Running out of the radio shack was hi-fis, video cameras and everything they could pick up. But the radio shack was right next to a Macintosh dealership which had powerbooks in the window. And it was untouched. So here these incredible valuable portable very, very powerful computers was sitting untouched behind an unbroken shop-window while the poor people steal Sony Walkmans. I felt that was so sad, and so indicative of our real problem.
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Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts... A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding...
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Found this picture of Angie laughing in a restaurant with some other people, everybody pretty but beyond that it was like they had this glow, ...
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Cyberspace A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation.
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I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.
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Anonymity is the truest expression of altruism.
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Power, in Case's world, meant corporate power. The zaibatsus, the multinationals ..., had ... attained a kind of immortality. You couldn't kil...
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The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.
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The only way to maintain a moderate sum of happiness in this life, is not to worry about the future or regret the past too much
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Virtual Reality is like mainlining television.
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I have long feared that my sins would return to haunt me and that the cost would be too much to bear.
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'I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit!'
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The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.
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I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. It's only when we use them for good or for evil that they become good or evil.
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I was never less alone than while by myself.
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Don't expect mangoes when you plant papayas.
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