“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 Agriculture 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
“The mathematicians and engineers may have disavowed the existence of God, but they placed themselves in a celestial role of giving life… — Franklin Foer Existence of god Copy Share Image
One of Trump's vulnerabilities is that he doesn't always vet his people, whether it's business partners, the dubious characters he retweets, or… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
There's this proud American tradition of worrying about the power of communication companies. That going all the way back to the founding,… — Franklin Foer Communication Copy Share Image
“There can be only one global village. These structures were the greatest business opportunities ever imagined—and only the innocence of faith could… — Franklin Foer Business Copy Share Image
“Instead of profound redistributions of power, the new networks are captured by new monopolies, each more powerful and sophisticated than the one… — Franklin Foer Monopolies Copy Share Image
In mid-2014, 51 percent of American Republicans viewed Putin very unfavorably. Two years later, 14 percent did. By January, 75 percent of… — Franklin Foer 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
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
“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
After the global financial crisis of 2008, populist uprisings had sprouted across Europe. Putin and his strategists sensed the beginnings of a… — Franklin Foer Crisis Copy Share Image
Fifty years ago, the way that we consumed food was revolutionized. We began eating processed foods, and it seemed amazing. And then… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
“Hackers, he told one interviewer, were “just this group of computer scientists who were trying to quickly prototype and see what was… — Franklin Foer Computers Copy Share Image
Google's ability to pick winners and losers in the information world is a menace. These companies have the ability to determine which… — Franklin Foer Business Copy Share Image
Is Islam a tribe or is it a force of globalization? Islam has certainly been studied as a local, tribalistic phenomenon. But… — Franklin Foer Globalization Copy Share Image
“The dream of stitching the world into a global village has been embodied in the nomenclature of modern technology—the net is interconnected,… — Franklin Foer Business Copy Share Image
The New York Times and PBS are gatekeepers of a sort. And they perform that role of gatekeeping with a set of… — Franklin Foer Aspiration Copy Share Image
Privacy won't survive the present trajectory of technology - and with the sense of being perpetually watched, humans will behave more cautiously,… — Franklin Foer Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
My dad has been in the fight against monopoly since it wasn't so cool. I'm sure I've turned to the subject to… — Franklin Foer 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
As parents, we have kids who reflect back to us our addiction to devices, and we have all sorts of worries about… — Franklin Foer Addiction Copy Share Image
When Trump started belittling him, Jeb reverted to Bush form. He couldn't understand how anyone could question his noble pursuit of public… — Franklin Foer 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
I'd actually argue that the best thing to happen to the 'Washington Post' was hiring Marty Baron, maybe the greatest newspaper editor… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
We've been merging with tools since the beginning of human evolution, and arguably, that's one of the things that makes us human… — Franklin Foer Beginning Copy Share Image
“Like nineteenth-century European powers, each company does little to impinge on the other’s sphere of influence, competing only on the fringes of… — Franklin Foer Business Copy Share Image
“In a lot of ways Facebook is more like a government than a traditional company. We have this large community of people,… — Franklin Foer Business Copy Share Image
Globalization really is a concrete, fundamental fact in everybody's lives, and you really see that come to life in soccer stadiums. — Franklin Foer 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
I don't think Islam has really been understood as a product of globalization. It might be one of these instances where globalism… — Franklin Foer Globalism Copy Share Image
“But in the end, the hackers were misunderstood figures. They wanted nothing more than to belong, to subsume their brilliant selves in… — Franklin Foer Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
I don't see tribalism ever really disappearing entirely. I just think that people are almost hardwired to identify as groups. And that… — Franklin Foer 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 Consequences Copy Share Image
Ukrainians use the term 'political technologist' as a favored synonym for electoral consultant. Trump turned to Manafort for what seemed at first… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
My hope is that we revive 'monopoly' as a core piece of political rhetoric that broadly denotes dominant firms with pernicious powers. — Franklin Foer Hope Copy Share Image
In the epic war over Silicon Valley's intellectual property, Bill Gates was on the side of licensing copyright and robust protections for… — Franklin Foer Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Donald Trump's interest in Russia dates back to Soviet times. In fact, there's extraordinary footage of him shaking hands with Mikhail Gorbachev.… — Franklin Foer 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
Having a friend in the Kremlin would help Trump fulfill his longtime dream of planting his name in the Moscow skyline -… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
