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The first step toward maintaining autonomy in any programmed environment is to be aware that there's programming going on. It's as simple as understanding the commercials are there to help sell things. And that TV shows are there to sell commercials, and so on.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Any Autonomy Aware Commercials Environment First First Step Going Help Maintaining Programmed Programming Sell Shows Simple Step Things Toward Tv Tv Shows Understanding

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I don't know of any other form of life that gathers up all the food it needs in the first two-thirds of its life in order to do nothing in its last third of life. In a utopian presentist society, instead of working extra hard to put money in the bank, you'd be working to provide value for the people around you.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Any Around Bank Extra First Food For The People Form Hard Instead Know Last Life Money Needs Nothing Order Other People Provide Put Society Third Two-Thirds Up Utopian Value Working You

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If you want to destroy the planet, you can kiss social justice goodbye. The earth comes first.

~Douglas Tompkins

Topics: Destroy Earth First Goodbye Justice Kiss Planet Social Social Justice Want You

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My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes.

~Douglas Trumbull

Topics: Eyes First First Job Hal Job Make Screens Surround

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When I worked on 2001 - which was my first feature film - I was deeply and permanently affected by the notion that a movie could be like a first-person experience.

~Douglas Trumbull

Topics: Affected Could Deeply Experience Feature Feature Film Film First First-Person Like Movie Notion Permanently Which Worked

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The first black president will be a politician who is black.

~Douglas Wilder

Topics: Black First Politician President Who Will

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Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability.

~Douglas Wood

Topics: Afraid Also Amazing Classic Clown Comedian First He Idol Like Physical Show Smart Van Very Vulnerability

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I love all of Albert Brooks' work from 'Defending Your Life' back to his first film, 'Real Life', but am sorry that he seems to have lost his edge in his more recent work.

~Douglas Wood

Topics: Albert Am Back Brooks Defending Edge Film First He His Life Lost Love More Real Real Life Recent Seems Sorry Work Your I Love

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While I was there I became deeply interested in photography, and indeed the most noteworthy event in my early life was winning first, third, fourth and seventh prizes in an international competition for college and high school students.

~Douglass North

Topics: Became College Competition Deeply Early Event First Fourth High High School High School Students Indeed Interested International Life Most Photography Prizes School Seventh Students Third While Winning

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It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory.

~Douglass North

Topics: Began Brilliant Chess Economic First First Job Gordon Got Job Learned Playing Seattle Theorist Theory University Until Washington Young

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