The Naked Future Quotes

“But as Ramakrishnan admits, Facebook probably is not where the next major national security threat is going to pop up.”
― Patrick Tucker, The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?

“moving score, in the form of a continuously updating education profile, is probably a better indication of your potential than a static one that reflects who you were or what you could do when you were sixteen, or where you completed four years of schooling when you were in your late teens and early twenties.”
― Patrick Tucker, The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?

“Walmart (publicly) divides its shoppers into three groups: “brand aspirationals,” people without much money who don’t want to look cheap and so buy brand-name items at discount prices to cover that up; “price-sensitive affluents,” meaning cheap rich people; and “value-price shoppers,” regular cheap people.”
― Patrick Tucker, The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?