The internet's perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain't one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportunities for fruitless point-scoring: the heady combination of perceived anonymity, gestated responses, random heckling and a notional “live audience” quickly conspire to create a “perfect storm” of perpetual bickering.
The internet's perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain't one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportun… - Charlie Brooker
The internet's perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain't one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportun…
- Charlie Brooker
The difference between smartphones and cigarettes is this: a cigarette robs 10 minutes from your lifespan, but at least has the decency to wait and w… - Charlie Brooker
The difference between smartphones and cigarettes is this: a cigarette robs 10 minutes from your lifespan, but at least has the decency to wait and w…
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which is a pity because this week the National Association of Beholders wrote to tell me that I've got a face l… - Charlie Brooker
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which is a pity because this week the National Association of Beholders wrote to tell me that I've got a face l…
Whenever I tell people I'm a misanthrope they react as though that's a bad thing, the idiots. I live in London, for God's sake. Have you walked down … - Charlie Brooker
Whenever I tell people I'm a misanthrope they react as though that's a bad thing, the idiots. I live in London, for God's sake. Have you walked down …
I'm actually quite pro-technology, but I'm a worrier, so I like to envision worst-case scenarios. - Charlie Brooker
I'm actually quite pro-technology, but I'm a worrier, so I like to envision worst-case scenarios.
Man the lifeboats. The idiots are winning. - Charlie Brooker
Man the lifeboats. The idiots are winning.
My theory is that we used to have several personalities, and now we're encouraged to have one online. - Charlie Brooker
My theory is that we used to have several personalities, and now we're encouraged to have one online.
The news might be single-handedly trying to bring about an environmental catastrophe, which it will then report on. Super injunctions are interesting… - Charlie Brooker
The news might be single-handedly trying to bring about an environmental catastrophe, which it will then report on. Super injunctions are interesting…
If technology is a drug – and it does feel like a drug – then what, precisely, are the side-effects? - Charlie Brooker
If technology is a drug – and it does feel like a drug – then what, precisely, are the side-effects?
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