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Clive Thompson Quotes

PowerPoint presentations, the cesspool of data visualization that Microsoft has visited upon the earth. PowerPoint, indeed, is a cautionary tale in our emerging data literacy. It shows that tools matter: Good ones help us think well and bad ones do the opposite. Ever since it was first released in 1990, PowerPoint has become an omnipresent tool for showing charts and info during corporate presentations Picture Quote #1

The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into turning off their computers and going outside. If you log off for a few days, your character will be more rested when you resume playing, a mode that temporarily speeds up your leveling Picture Quote #1

Plays are frequently infected with ideas that came from actors or even sound engineers. Some Shakespeare scholars wonder whether some of the Bard’s lines came from onstage improvisations by actors Picture Quote #1

Personally, I’d love to see more social media firms develop business models that aren’t reliant on advertising. If you’re a social media firm selling ads, your goal is to get people to interrupt what they’re doing all day long so they come and stare at your service as much as possible Picture Quote #1

The things kids can do on screens can be really delightful - if they are age appropriate. But no, they shouldn’t spend all their time on a screen; they should split up their time doing multiple, different things Picture Quote #1

The people who tend to get the most out of being social thinkers are the people who themselves are helpful. They’re always talking or answering people’s questions or engaging in productive conversations. They’re not being trolls. They’re tamping down other people that are being trolls Picture Quote #1

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Transactive memory works best when you have a sense of how your partners’ minds work - where they’re strong, where they’re weak, where their biases lie. I can judge that for people close to me. But it’s harder with digital tools, particularly search engines Picture Quote #1

Politicians or pundits can distort or cherry-pick climate science any way they want to try and gain temporary influence with the public. But any serious industrialist who’s facing ‘climate exposure’ - as it’s now called by money managers - cannot afford to engage in that sort of self-delusion Picture Quote #1

Software is now so complex - requiring so many gazillions of tiny files all over your computer - that most consumers don’t want to bother to know what’s really going on Picture Quote #1

The computer industry began with home-brew boxes that everyone had to program for themselves, but that was a huge hassle. The computer revolution didn’t explode until the first Macintosh arrived, with its point-and-click simplicity Picture Quote #1

When you’re an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you’re truly passionate about, though. Baseball fans can reel off stats for their favorite players, then space out on their own birthday Picture Quote #1

When you broadcast your book reading voluntarily, it creates moments of fascinating serendipity Picture Quote #1

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Type as quickly as you can and always carry a pencil Picture Quote #1

Memory has always been social. Now we’re using search engines and computers to augment our memories, too Picture Quote #1

More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix them or to see how they work Picture Quote #1

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PowerPoint presentations, the cesspool of data visualization that Microsoft has visited upon the earth. PowerPoint, indeed, is a cautionary tale in our emerging data literacy. It shows that tools matter: Good ones help us think well and bad ones do the opposite. Ever since it was first released in 1990, PowerPoint has become an omnipresent tool for showing charts and info during corporate presentations (Clive Thompson Quotes) The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into turning off their computers and going outside. If you log off for a few days, your character will be more rested when you resume playing, a mode that temporarily speeds up your leveling (Clive Thompson Quotes) Plays are frequently infected with ideas that came from actors or even sound engineers. Some Shakespeare scholars wonder whether some of the Bard’s lines came from onstage improvisations by actors. (Clive Thompson Quotes) Personally, I’d love to see more social media firms develop business models that aren’t reliant on advertising. If you’re a social media firm selling ads, your goal is to get people to interrupt what they’re doing all day long so they come and stare at your service as much as possible. (Clive Thompson Quotes) The things kids can do on screens can be really delightful - if they are age appropriate. But no, they shouldn’t spend all their time on a screen; they should split up their time doing multiple, different things. (Clive Thompson Quotes) The people who tend to get the most out of being social thinkers are the people who themselves are helpful. They’re always talking or answering people’s questions or engaging in productive conversations. They’re not being trolls. They’re tamping down other people that are being trolls. (Clive Thompson Quotes) Transactive memory works best when you have a sense of how your partners’ minds work - where they’re strong, where they’re weak, where their biases lie. I can judge that for people close to me. But it’s harder with digital tools, particularly search engines. (Clive Thompson Quotes) Politicians or pundits can distort or cherry-pick climate science any way they want to try and gain temporary influence with the public. But any serious industrialist who’s facing ‘climate exposure’ - as it’s now called by money managers - cannot afford to engage in that sort of self-delusion. (Clive Thompson Quotes) Software is now so complex - requiring so many gazillions of tiny files all over your computer - that most consumers don’t want to bother to know what’s really going on. (Clive Thompson Quotes) The computer industry began with home-brew boxes that everyone had to program for themselves, but that was a huge hassle. The computer revolution didn’t explode until the first Macintosh arrived, with its point-and-click simplicity. (Clive Thompson Quotes) When you’re an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you’re truly passionate about, though. Baseball fans can reel off stats for their favorite players, then space out on their own birthday. (Clive Thompson Quotes) When you broadcast your book reading voluntarily, it creates moments of fascinating serendipity (Clive Thompson Quotes) Type as quickly as you can and always carry a pencil (Clive Thompson Quotes) Memory has always been social. Now we’re using search engines and computers to augment our memories, too (Clive Thompson Quotes) More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix them or to see how they work (Clive Thompson Quotes)