All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
David BowieRead
The Internet carries the flag of being subversive and possibly rebellious and chaotic, nihilistic.
Interpretation
The Internet is seen as a disruptive force that challenges traditional norms and authority.
David Bowie reflects on the nature of the Internet as a platform that embraces subversive, rebellious, and chaotic elements. This characterizes the Internet as a medium where ideas can flourish freely, often defying established conventions and inviting a sense of nihilism among its users, suggesting that it both empowers and destabilizes society.
In practice
In a discussion about the impact of social media on society.
All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.
I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.
Nothing prepared me for your smile
But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.
I'm an early riser. I get up between five and six, have coffee, and read for a couple of hours before everyone else gets up.
With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. You know all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, and he's like, yeah, he's sure he can control the demon? Doesn't work out.
What matters is 'Have you done a better job of making our experiences feel like home on Windows?' That's our real goal, and that's what we're going to stay focused on.
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
When you make machines that are capable of obeying instructions slavishly, and among those instructions are 'duplicate me' instructions, then of course the system is wide open to exploitation by parasites.
Technological society leads to increasing numbers of people who cannot adapt to the inhuman rhythm of modern life with its emphasis on specialization. A class of people is growing up who are unexploitable because they are not worth employing even for the minimum wage. Technological progress makes whole categories of people useless without making it possible to support them with the wealth produced by the progress.
More than anything else, technology will pave the way for innovative change at Starbucks. The bulk of Starbucks' innovation over the next several years will be technology-focused.
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