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“journalists fea their loss of authority in the digital age will undermine their ability to hold government to account. Yet the government has much more to worry about because the internet has empowered vested interests, and Oppositions, in a way that effectively cancel an election result within weeks of the final ballot being counted. p236”
― Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal
― Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal
“Gay men are French women...with penises.”
― Gay Men Don't Get Fat
― Gay Men Don't Get Fat
“Before the news and polling cycles accelerated, leaders assumed that the electorate understood reform was a long game. Not anymore. The digital age has shrunk the public attention span and lured government into making each thing it says appear to be a big idea. p225”
― Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal
― Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal
“Rudd proved to be too conservative for the nation he led, while Gillard's campaign for re-election was too cynical. But the problem goes deeper than any individual's failure. Labor in office suffered a return of the identity crisis that has plagued it in its wilderness years in Opposition... the party had given up its soul to the machine. p208”
― Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal
― Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal
“This is what you do now to give your day topography--scan the boxes, read the news, see the chain of your friends reporting about themselves, take the 140-character expository bursts and sift through for the information you need. It's a highly deceptive world, one that constantly asks you to comment but doesn't really care what you have to say. The illusion of participation can sometimes lead to participation. But more often than not, it only leads to more illusion, dressed in the guise of reality.”
― Two Boys Kissing
― Two Boys Kissing
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