Things Could Be Worse And Things Could

I Don't Actually Think Of The Internet As The Bad Guy. I Think Of The Internet As Doing A Hell Of A Lot Of Wonderful, Fascinating, Interesting Things. A Lot Of Information That's Exchanged On The Internet Is Extremely Useful, And Every Once In A While It Percolates Up To Knowledge. Wisdom Is Far Harder To Come By.

If Someone Were Plucked From The Group And Given Those Responsibilities, They Might Find Themselves Growing More Aloof, Just By Virtue Of That Promotion. Suddenly The Group Culture Excludes You. I Saw This In My Own Working Life, And I Don't Think It's A Coincidence - I Sensed A Kind Of Loneliness In Middle Managers Especially.

My First Job Is To Write A Book That I Believe Is Compelling And Deserves The Long Sustained Attention That Any Novel Requires, And To Worry About The Commerce Only Late In The Game.

We Told Him To Get On With It. We Liked Wasting Time, But Almost Nothing Was More Annoying Than Having Our Wasted Time Wasted On Something Not Worth Wasting It On.

Without Work, So Much Of One's Identity Just Evaporates.