“Objectivity works to repel the attacks of critics, like a kind of ethical pepper spray.” — Brooke Gladstone Copy Share Image
“Even if each of our realities is unique, our common cultures and environments ensure that we share some fundamental principles. That is… — Brooke Gladstone Consensus Copy Share Image
“as eminent political theorist Hannah Arendt saw back in 1951: “Would-be totalitarian rulers usually start their careers by boasting of their past… — Brooke Gladstone Politics Copy Share Image
“The big threat of photoshopification is not that we will believe documents and photos are fake. Its that we'll find it easier… — Brooke Gladstone Copy Share Image
“Many focus on what they perceive as a loss of some vital aspect of our humanity. To me, the sessence of being… — Brooke Gladstone Humanity Copy Share Image
“Worrying about offending people drags us back to the lowest common denominator Our enemies are not the digital bits that dance across… — Brooke Gladstone Common denominator Copy Share Image
“What we're really dealing with is a mirror: an exalting degrading tedious and transcendent funhouse mirror of America. Media is a plural… — Brooke Gladstone Journalism Copy Share Image
“Humans run on emotion, assumption and impulse. We cant function on logic alone. But emotion assumption and impulse also allow us to… — Brooke Gladstone Assumption Copy Share Image
“Citizens may recoil from paying for the news, he noted, because they see it as a natural right. But in the absence… — Brooke Gladstone Investing Copy Share Image
“Speech itself, inevitable and unrelenting is the wind. It can dance like a zephyr. It can roar or shriek or wail. But… — Brooke Gladstone Speech Copy Share Image
“Suppose an individual believes something with his whole heart; suppose further that he has taken irrevocable actions because of it. Finally suppose… — Brooke Gladstone Belief Copy Share Image
“What do you think of yourself? What do you think of the world? They are riddles of the Sphinx and in some… — Brooke Gladstone Copy Share Image
“he contrasts two pivotal works of dystopian fiction: George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. In Orwell’s vision, he notes,… — Brooke Gladstone Brave new world Copy Share Image
