“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.”
— E. F. Schumacker
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· 1 year ago
The guy had no idea what the internet would bring out in people one distant day.
Your choice of words is so very sweet, but I would have to contend that much like money, the internet brings out nothing in people, it merely helps them be their truest selves. It is in this place, the internet, in which we see the version of people that exists only when they have the level of control over reality and perception and accountability such a tool offers. The internet brings nothing out of people, it is power, formless and without motive or means. It is people who have made the internet what it is. That which we build the world into and what we build into the world is a looking glass into what we are like behind the masks we wear.
— E. F. Schumacker