"As a medium, electronic screens possess infinite capacities……" — Tom Chatfield
"As a medium, electronic screens possess infinite capacities and instant interconnections, turning words into a new kind of active agent in the world."
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12 Quotes by Tom Chatfield
Tom Chatfield has 12 quotes on this site.
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Once the words of a book appear onscreen, they are no longer simply themselves; they have become a part of…
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Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects:…
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I spoke at TED Global 2010 about the ways that video games engage the brain, and in particular, the idea…
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From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world…
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If computers remain far worse than us at image recognition, a certain over-confident combination of man and machine can elsewhere…
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The earliest known writing probably emerged in southern Mesopotamia around 5,000 years ago, but for most of recorded history, reading…
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Vast volumes of mixed media surround us, from music to games and videos. Yet almost all of our online actions…
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We are all amateur attention economists, hoarding and bartering our moments - or watching them slip away down the cracks…
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For all the sophistication of a world in which most of our waking hours are spent consuming or interacting with…
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Time, presence and physical attentiveness are our most basic proxies for something ultimately unprovable: that we are understood.
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Modern motor vehicles are safer and more reliable than they have ever been - yet more than 1 million people…
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There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.
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Science regards man as an aggregation of atoms temporarily united by a mysterious force called the life-principle. To the materialist,…
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The mental body, like the astral, varies much in different people; it is composed of coarser or of finer matter,…
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Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Active Evil is better than Passive Good.
— William Blake
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I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the…
— Andrea Bocelli
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The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he…
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As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers…
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Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide.
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Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still…
— Charlotte Bronte
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When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer…
— Jerry Brown
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We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our…
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