The Internet made fame wack and anonymity cool.
Interpretation
The Internet has changed how we perceive fame, making it less appealing and valuing privacy more.
In this quote, Frank Ocean suggests that the rise of the Internet has transformed societal values regarding fame and anonymity. While fame was once a highly sought-after attribute, the accessibility of social media and online platforms has created a culture that often views anonymity as more desirable and authentic. This reflects a shift in how people connect and express themselves, valuing genuine interactions over the superficiality often associated with fame.
In practice
This quote could be used in a discussion about the impacts of social media on modern culture.
Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film, you have a musical element to it, not just on the scoring, but in the way that the shots are edited - that has music and rhythm and time.
It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness - sonic goodies.
I think we all change each other's paths. I don't know which law idea that is in physics, but I don't think any of us can live without affecting one another.
Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.
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Fraud really thrives in moments of great social change and transition. We're in the midst of a technological revolution. That gives con artists huge opportunities. People lose their frame of reference for what can and can't be real.
Excellence matters, and technology advances so fast that the potential for improvement is tremendous. So, since becoming CEO again, I've pushed hard to increase our velocity, improve our execution, and focus on the big bets that will make a difference in the world.
We live technologically, with man as the master of nature, man as the engineer, and let anyone who raises his voice against it stop using bridges not built by nature.... No electric light bulbs, no engines, no atomic energy, no calculating machines, no anaesthetics-back to the jungle.
The expansive anarchy of the Internet continues to lull us into believing that, because we can see something, that something should be seen. Because we can say something, there is something that must be said.
I should be able to pick which applications I use for managing my life, I should be able to pick which content I look at, and I should be able to pick which device I use, which company I use for supplying my internet, and I'd like those to be independent choices.
The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy?
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