POINTS TO PONDER LXIV

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
Elie Wiesel
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Forcing public figures to instinctively fear saying anything even remotely offesnsive doesn't encourage argument or intellectual rigor or even honesty. Instead, it compels people to stick to bland sound bites and safe topics.
Sophie Gilbert
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The great thing about social media was how it gave voice to voiceless people. But we're now creating a surveillance society, where the smartest way to survive is to go back to being voiceless.
Jon Ronson