My mother read secondarily for information; she sank as a hedonist into novels. She read Dickens in the spirit in which she would have eloped with him.
The mere imparting of information is not education.
The quality of your thinking is largely determined by the quantity of the information you have with which to work
An electronic paper has infinite space because you can bring forth as much content as a reader wants. And the resolution of ads is very high. And when you touch the ad you can interact with the advertiser and the paper will take you to the advertiser's Web site and you can get more information. So ideally there should be a better connection between the ads you're shown and what you're actually interested in.
There is a simple way to package information that, under the right circumstances, can make it irresistible. All you have to do is find it.
Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Information is control.
It's remarkably easy to dig up enormous amounts of information about individuals, without their consent.
I don't have enough information, and enough courage, to come up with a definite version of events. And I think it is too dangerous for me to do so.
Vetting and verifying information is one thing. Having our government sending out conflicting messages to the American people when conflict can be avoided is another.
When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus. I said, That's where I got my information about hell.
It' easy to find information on Google guru but that's not equal to gaining knowledge.
Solid information is necessary, but insufficient. We also need to present that information in ways that are inspiring and accessible. That's where stories come in.
There's a belief that whatever it is I'm looking for is out there, but I have a really difficult time finding it. Search algorithms alone are falling short in being able to provide real context around information.
The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.
If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an "information architect" and only use Helvetica.
Three Secrets to Success: Be willing to learn new things. Be able to assimilate new information quickly. Be able to get along with and work with other people.
One of the most anxiety-inducing side effects of the information era is the feeling that you have to know it all.
If you are a reliable, honest journalist, sources will open up and trust you and share good information.
The more information that's out there, the greater the returns to just being willing to sit down and apply yourself. Information isn't what's scarce; it's the willingness to do something with it.
I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.