The Helsinki Affair Quotes

“The average American was basically indifferent to the problems of the rest of the world. The average American didn’t have an opinion about, say, how the Chinese government treated their ethnic minorities. Sometimes a sense of outrage grew hot enough to spur the country to action, but most of the time, Americans didn’t bother to expend much energy on dealing with the problems of the rest of the world.”
― Anna Pitoniak, The Helsinki Affair

“There are things in life you go through with other people, and there are other you go through alone.”
― Anna Pitoniak, The Helsinki Affair

“Finger on scale of algorithm. Plant idea, create virality, stock goes up. Leverage. This was an easy, efficient route to compliance. Greed usually sufficient. Don’t want music to stop.”
― Anna Pitoniak, The Helsinki Affair