We are amusing ourselves to death.
Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.
Under totalitarianism, silence is also a form of resistance.
When people talk to us about others, they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves, they are nearly always interesting.
独裁统治滋生糟糕的文学，因为它们滋生恐惧和顺从。
The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.