This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.

—Cory Doctorow

About Cory Doctorow

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Cory Efram Doctorow (; born 17 July 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organisation, using some of its licences for...

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Abnormal is so common, it's practically normal.

—Cory Doctorow

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time rich and cash poor.

—Cory Doctorow

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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them have done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

—Bernard Baruch

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

—Arthur C. Clarke

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For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press 3.

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I just don't know why they're shooting at us. All we want to do is bring them democracy and white bread. Transplant the American Dream. Freedom. Achievement. Hyperacidity. Affluence. Flatulence. Technology. Tension. The inalienable right to an early coronary sitting at your desk while plotting to stab your boss in the back.

—Alan Alda as Hawkeye on M*A*S*H

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Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.

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