A huge amount of our everyday thinking - powerful, creative, and resonant stuff - is done socially: talking to other people, arguing… — Clive Thompson Amount Copy Share Image
Memory has always been social. Now we're using search engines and computers to augment our memories, too. — Clive Thompson Computer Copy Share Image
The computer industry began with home-brew boxes that everyone had to program for themselves, but that was a huge hassle. The computer… — Clive Thompson Arrived Copy Share Image
Insurance firms have always carefully studied real-world data to figure out what, precisely, constitutes a risky activity. — Clive Thompson Activity Copy Share Image
The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into turning off their computers and going… — Clive Thompson Also Copy Share Image
Tip-of-the-tongue syndrome is when people almost remember something but need a computer, or someone else, to help them find it. The problem… — Clive Thompson Almost Copy Share Image
I lust after iPods or Mini Coopers not because they're unique, but because they've been so artfully made that I couldn't imagine… — Clive Thompson After Copy Share Image
Politicians or pundits can distort or cherry-pick climate science any way they want to try and gain temporary influence with the public.… — Clive Thompson Afford Copy Share Image
Truly huge artistic collaboration on the Internet seems to work only if the gang has a well-defined objective. — Clive Thompson Art Copy Share Image
Software is now so complex - requiring so many gazillions of tiny files all over your computer - that most consumers don't… — Clive Thompson Bother Copy Share Image
Ambient awareness is the experience of knowing what's going on in the lives of other people - what they're thinking about, what… — Clive Thompson About Copy Share Image
No consumer product improves more drastically, year after year, than the computer. — Clive Thompson After Copy Share Image
A textbook requires a consistent sense of style and a linear structure, hallmarks of a single authorial presence. An encyclopedia doesn't. — Clive Thompson Consistent Copy Share Image
Personally, I'd love to see more social media firms develop business models that aren't reliant on advertising. If you're a social media… — Clive Thompson Ads Copy Share Image
Plays are frequently infected with ideas that came from actors or even sound engineers. Some Shakespeare scholars wonder whether some of the… — Clive Thompson Actor Copy Share Image
We use paper documents to store knowledge so we can consult and reconsult it, giving us a type of recall impossible with… — Clive Thompson Consult Copy Share Image
The things kids can do on screens can be really delightful - if they are age appropriate. But no, they shouldn't spend… — Clive Thompson Age Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with talking out loud in public, but there is something wrong with the government sucking up all those utter… — Clive Thompson Bust Copy Share Image
