Dark Pattern Quotes

“We’re all twisted messes inside. What matters is how we manifest our actions on the surface.”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern

“if there were no stupidity in the world, we’d all be riding around in flying cars and colonizing Proxima Centauri”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern

“But you can be sure they’d find a way to bill for it.”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern

“Pay attention. If something sounds suspicious, ask questions. Don’t ignore it just because everyone else does. Our tools give us capabilities the rest of the public can’t even imagine. If we’re not vigilant, something bad could happen, and we might find those capabilities taken from us. I make mistakes. You make mistakes. Don’t run from them. Seek them out. Correct them. Listen when someone is telling you something is suspicious. Don’t ignore it.”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern

“Protocols are ideals. They’re things we aspire to.” I throw in an analogy that Jillian gave me when I explained the situation. “They’re not enchanted proclamations from the Ministry of Magic that can’t be broken. We break them all the time. I’m sure there’s some protocol here that says I shouldn’t interrupt you, but here I am, interrupting you.”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern

“I think it is more than chance. It also tells me that if we want to avoid going extinct, we have to realize we're already at war with an enemy that's master genetic engineering and is conducting trillions of experiments every second, figuring out new ways to kill us.”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern

“I think it is more than chance. It also tells me that if we want to avoid going extinct, we have to realize we're already at war with an enemy that's master genetic engineering and is conducting trillions of experiments every second, figurig out new ways to kill us.”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern

“If I were a patient here, I’d argue that I should only be billed for the time when staff wasn’t looking at their phone. They’d probably end up owing me money.”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern

“When the news feels too normal, we stop paying attention. But bad news grabs us by the throat—which we willingly bare—especially when it’s the kind of news that feels proximal but somehow doesn’t quite touch us.”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern

“Generally, I find it a good idea to wait a day or so before forming an opinion about a crisis, because the first twenty-four hours are usually filled with bullshit speculation by reporters paid by news channels to fill the air with baseless observations while the internet is taken over by people who prefer to speak first and think last.”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern

“If I taught physicians, I think my first test would be the one I use in my own lab: “Is it clean enough that you’d lick it?” Ask yourself that about your hands the next time you leave the bathroom.”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern

“I could walk into a wooded area and pinpoint within a foot any body he’d left there. I noticed this because my area of expertise was modeling how different systems stake out and create their own ecosystems. I use the term system because sometimes it’s a confluence of organisms working together—in their own interests—yet yielding a mutual benefit. The shape of a thing isn’t always the thing.”
― Andrew Mayne, Dark Pattern