The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time.
From Douglas Coupland
Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the next.
Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away.
Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.
A ring is a halo on your finger.
New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108.
Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.
Aliens didn't come down to Earth and give us technology. We invented it ourselves. Therefore it can never be alienating; it can only be an expression of our humanity.
The reason the future feels odd is because of its unpredictability. If the future didn't feel weirdly unexpected, then something would be wrong.
I think as a species we're not designed to be able to think more than one year into the future - if that. Even trying to imagine one year from now makes most people feel like they've been given a huge boring chunk of homework that's too hard to do.
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