All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
David BowieRead
The Internet carries the flag of being subversive and possibly rebellious and chaotic, nihilistic.
Interpretation
The Internet is seen as a disruptive force that challenges traditional norms and authority.
David Bowie reflects on the nature of the Internet as a platform that embraces subversive, rebellious, and chaotic elements. This characterizes the Internet as a medium where ideas can flourish freely, often defying established conventions and inviting a sense of nihilism among its users, suggesting that it both empowers and destabilizes society.
In practice
In a discussion about the impact of social media on society.
All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.
I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.
Nothing prepared me for your smile
But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.
I'm an early riser. I get up between five and six, have coffee, and read for a couple of hours before everyone else gets up.
No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.
We monitor many frequencies. We listen always. Came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. It played us a mighty dub.
Proprietary software tends to have malicious features. The point is with a proprietary program, when the users don't have the source code, we can never tell. So you must consider every proprietary program as potential malware.
I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.'
I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity.
The fundamental truth for developers is they will build if there are users.
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