Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
Aaron SorkinRead
I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of quality and merit in discourse, especially in the context of the Internet where everyone can share their opinions.
Aaron Sorkin's quote highlights the paradox of the Internet: while it has democratized the sharing of voices, not all opinions carry equal weight or merit. He suggests that having the ability to speak does not necessarily mean that everyone has the necessary experience or credibility to contribute meaningfully to important discussions.
Themes
VoiceOpinionInternetMeritDiscussion
In practice
Example use cases
In a debate about social media influence, this quote can illustrate the prevalence of unqualified opinions.
More from Aaron Sorkin
All quotes βThe upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside is that everybody gets a chance.
Aaron SorkinRead
I'll get cast occasionally as sort of the jerk version of myself, and I have fun doing that. But it's really better for everyone if I stay behind the camera.
Aaron SorkinRead
Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.
Aaron SorkinRead
Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.
Aaron SorkinRead
With 'The Social Network,' I got into it at first because frankly I thought there was a cool courtroom drama to be had with the intellectual properties. And then what further drew me in was that the most extraordinary social networking device ever created was created by the world's most antisocial person. I liked that story.
Aaron SorkinRead
Similar quotes
There is a calculus, it turns out, for mastering our subconscious urges. For companies like Target, the exhaustive rendering of our conscious and unconscious patterns into data sets and algorithms has revolutionized what they know about us and, therefore, how precisely they can sell.
Charles DuhiggRead
From the late 1940s, into and through the '50s, there developed a complex interaction between federal government, state and local government, real-estate interests, commercial interests and court decisions, which had the effect of undermining the mass transit system across the country.
Noam ChomskyRead
There are no secrets on an successful software project. Both good and bad news must be able to move up and down the ptoject hierarchy without restriction.
Steve McconnellRead
I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.
Ray KurzweilRead
Usability rules the web. Simply stated, if the customer can't find a product, then he or she will not buy it.
Jakob NielsenRead
I love technology, and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it. So there's no - you can't really blame anything on the technology. It's just the way people use it, and it always has been.
Steve MartinRead