Tim

“Public and civic value require commitment and hard work among the core group of participants. It also requires that these groups be self-governing and submit to constraints that help them ignore distracting and entertaining material and stay focused instead of some sophisticated task.”
― Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

“I find it somewhat ironic that many conservatives in the United States are adamant about securing the border against immigrants who will likely take jobs that few Americans want, while at the same time expressing little concern that the virtual border is left completely open to higher-skill workers who take jobs that Americans definitely do want.”
― Martin Ford, Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future

“Confidence doesn’t come from knowing you’re right—it comes from being okay with failing.”
― Mike Monteiro, Design Is a Job

“People never forget things, they just never remembered it in the first place because it was too boring”
― Richard Saul Wurman, Information Anxiety