Teri Skultety
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The United States
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March 2018
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“Selfies have begun to replace memories – likes and comments have begun to replace lasting conversations – illusive friends and followers lists have begun to replace real reliable friendship. And this is nothing to be taken for granted.”
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“What social-media really becomes after years of use is a constant stream of information both verbal and visual that at first drenches the mind, quenching its thirst for knowledge, and subduing its curiosity slowly but surly transforms into a torrent that renders the brain heavy and the mind restless.”
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“She said something so brilliant, so correct, so spot-on, everyone thereafter failed to remember she was a failable human being.”
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“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.”
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“The Social Network is not a cruel portrait of any particular real world person called Mark Zuckerberg. It's a cruel portrait of us: 500 million sentient people entrapped in the recent careless thoughts of a Harvard sophomore.”
― Feel Free: Essays
― Feel Free: Essays
“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
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“I am seized by two contradictory feelings: there is so much beauty in the world it is incredible that we are ever miserable for a moment; there is so much shit in the world that it is incredible we are ever happy for a moment.”
― Feel Free: Essays
― Feel Free: Essays
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.”
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