Ramez Naam Quotes
Everything good and bad about technology would be magnified by implanting it deep in brains. Is the risk of brain-hacking outweighed by the societal benefits of faster, deeper communication, and the ability to augment our own intelligence?
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.
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I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.
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The surface is all you get of me.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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I've always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they're basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I'd make for you at home.
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I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
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Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
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I'm a folk singer-songwriter. I am pretty poppy though.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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I have a wonderful piano that I really love: a handmade Yamaha grand. Sometimes I'm sitting there, and it sounds so good that I find some little melody or a phrase that leads me into a song, but probably more often than not, I actually grab a notebook.
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The worst time for me is in the final few hours of taking a track that you've worked on for two years and bouncing it down to the final stereo mix. The overwhelming emotion for me is complete and utter fear that I've made a mistake. I'm scared. Afterward, I obsess endlessly about it.
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People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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Learn from the masses, and then teach them.
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I don't care what other people say. The important pressure, you put on yourself. The pressure that others put on you? I ignore it.
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Everything good and bad about technology would be magnified by implanting it deep in brains. Is the risk of brain-hacking outweighed by the societal benefits of faster, deeper communication, and the ability to augment our own intelligence?
