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'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
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
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
“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
“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
“Philosophy couldn’t emancipate the mind, but technology just might. Google has set out to succeed where Descartes failed, except that it has… — Franklin Foer Philosophy Copy Share Image
Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple are among the most powerful monopolies in the history of humanity. So, the problem is, is that they… — Franklin Foer Ability Copy Share Image
On its face, Donald Trump's hateful musings about women and his boastful claims of sexual dominance should be reason alone to drive… — Franklin Foer Alone 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
Booksellers initially thought of Amazon as their best friend. They were coming in, and they were challenging Barnes and Noble, and Borders,… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
Hunting for malware requires highly specialized knowledge of the intricacies of the domain name system - the protocol that allows us to… — Franklin Foer Communication Copy Share Image
Michael Bradley has the stuff of leadership; he works hard and can break up the opponent's play. However, that's not enough to… — Franklin Foer Attitude 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
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
And I know that sounds outrageous, but it's true. Such monopolies as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple are trying to stay with us… — Franklin Foer 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
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
“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
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
“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 Evolution Copy Share Image
“The Hoover experiment, in the end, hardly realized the happy fantasies about the Engineer King. A very different version of this dream,… — Franklin Foer American life Copy Share Image
What I worry about ultimately is that when we're stripped of our privacy, when we're stripped of free will, when we start… — Franklin Foer Computers Copy Share Image
Mark Zuckerberg has never really had pressure put on him. He's an engineer, and he's created this perfect system that is Facebook,… — Franklin Foer Beauty Copy Share Image
Who can complain about the price that Google is charging you? Or who can complain about Amazon's prices; they are simply lower… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
Trump has emphatically denied ties to Russia - a claim refuted by his Twitter feed and a cursory Google search. Putin says… — Franklin Foer Computers Copy Share Image
If you think of data as kind of an x-ray of our soul, it's this window into our minds that the company… — Franklin Foer Business Copy Share Image
I look at the way that my kids interact with technology, and it becomes a mirror to the ways in which I… — Franklin Foer Addiction Copy Share Image
“Descartes had somehow managed to use skepticism in service of orthodoxy; he preserved crucial shards of church doctrine—the immortal soul, for starters—while… — Franklin Foer Descartes Copy Share Image
Not even Trump's father's wealth, nor his father's faith in his son's destiny, could save Trump from incessant discipline. At the age… — Franklin Foer Age Copy Share Image
The sense of crisis is everything for Trump - even if it's largely invented. His depiction of darkness justifies his candidacy, the… — Franklin Foer Crisis Copy Share Image
Apple was very important in terms of disrupting the music business and remaking the television business. They made it harder for people… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
From the start, the promise of Jurgen Klinsmann as manager of the U.S. men's national team was revolution: gritty, plodding American soccer… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
Trump considers himself such a virile example of masculinity that he's qualified to serve as the ultimate arbiter of femininity. He relishes… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
Of course, formulas always existed in journalism. When I was just getting into the business, 'Time' and 'Newsweek' knew if they could… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
We think of Netflix as a great personalization machine. It understands how you love French midcentury cinema and British murder mysteries, so… — Franklin Foer British Copy Share Image
Along with Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple, these companies are in a race to become our 'personal assistant.' They want to wake us… — Franklin Foer Artificial intelligence Copy Share Image
