Fifty years ago, the way that we consumed food was revolutionized. We began eating processed foods, and it seemed amazing. And then… — Franklin Foer Addict Copy Share Image
I grew up using maps and having a sense of direction, and now I have a phone. I used to try to… — Franklin Foer Computers Copy Share Image
When you're staring at your phone to navigate and being led places, you do become less aware of your environment, and the… — Franklin Foer Connection Copy Share Image
Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a… — Franklin Foer Buddhism Copy Share Image
“When Page describes Google reshaping the future of humanity, this isn’t simply a description of the convenience it provides; what it aims… — Franklin Foer Nature of man Copy Share Image
Gay marriage is a divisive issue in France, where Fillon has vowed to block adoption by same-sex couples. The battle against Islamism… — Franklin Foer Battle Copy Share Image
Google is arguably one of the greatest inventions. The search engine is one of the greatest inventions in human history. — Franklin Foer Google Copy Share Image
Google helps us sort the Internet by providing a sense of hierarchy to information. Facebook uses its algorithms and its intricate understanding… — Franklin Foer Book publishing Copy Share Image
If you're presented with choices that steer you toward your worst instincts, that's what you'll choose. If I'm presented with Snickers bars,… — Franklin Foer Choice Copy Share Image
“Facebook would never put it this way, but algorithms are meant to erode free will, to relieve humans of the burden of… — Franklin Foer Facebook Copy Share Image
There's no reason why there needs to be one search engine or one social network or one store that we buy all… — Franklin Foer Competition Copy Share Image
I think that globalization is partly responsible for the spread of the hostile, radical forms of Islam. — Franklin Foer Form Copy Share Image
Computer scientists have built a set of massive DNS databases, which provide fragmentary histories of communications flows, in part to create an… — Franklin Foer Bad Copy Share Image
“By the time we came to understand the consequences of our revised patterns of consumption, the damage had been done to our… — Franklin Foer Time Copy Share Image
“Intellectuals, freelance writers, investigative journalists, and midlist novelists are the analog to the family farmers, who have always struggled but simply can’t… — Franklin Foer Family Copy Share Image
The first book advance I got was paid out in thirds. And over time, as I've had different deals, the advances get… — Franklin Foer Book Copy Share Image
Trump uses the phrase 'America First,' only dimly aware that he is repeating a phrase from the interwar years and indifferent to… — Franklin Foer America Copy Share Image
“Carl Page had his own idea about how to go about it. He posited that procedures contained in Robert’s Rules of Order,… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
Brazil is a country largely resistant to ideology. This is a strange fact given its founding by followers of the French philosopher… — Franklin Foer Brazil Copy Share Image
“Herbert Simon, the Nobel-winning economist, took these inchoate sentiments and explained them rigorously: “What information consumes is rather obvious. It consumes the… — Franklin Foer Data Copy Share Image
Self-publishing is fine. But in a world of self-publishing, where everything is about what you get on the back end, there's a… — Franklin Foer Back Copy Share Image
In 2012, Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency after a four-year, constitutionally imposed hiatus. It wasn't the smoothest of transitions. To his… — Franklin Foer Comeback Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, gatekeepers were newspaper publishers and magazine editors and people who ran radio stations and news networks. And they… — Franklin Foer News Copy Share Image
“There was a more personal form of fragmentation that plagued postwar America, too—a sense that all the paper-pushing and file cabinets had… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
“Back in the seventies, Herbert Simon, the Nobel-winning economist, took these inchoate sentiments and explained them rigorously: “What information consumes is rather… — Franklin Foer Data Copy Share Image
