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We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq.

~Douglas Feith

Topics: Allies Be True Been Country Decades Friends Going Iraq Many Operate True Up War Will Wind World

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Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

~Douglas Horton

Topics: Abuse Friends Him Make Man Will You

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I'll photograph weddings, friends - I'm not too good for anything.

~Douglas Kirkland

Topics: Anything Friends Good Photograph Too Weddings

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Once everyone is connected to everyone and everything else, nothing matters anymore. If everyone in the world is your Facebook friend, then why have any Facebook friends at all? We're back where we started. The ultimate complexity is just another entropy.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Another Any Anymore Back Complexity Connected Else Entropy Everyone Everything Everything Else Facebook Friend Friends Just Matters Nothing Nothing Matters Once Started Then Ultimate Where Why World Your

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In the digital universe, our personal history and its sense of narrative is succeeded by our social networking profile - a snapshot of the current moment. The information itself - our social graph of friends and likes - is a product being sold to market researchers in order to better predict and guide our futures.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Being Better Current Digital Friends Futures Graph Guide History Information Itself Likes Market Moment Narrative Networking Order Our Personal Predict Product Profile Researchers Sense Snapshot Social Sold Succeeded Universe

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We Facebook users have been building a treasure lode of big data that government and corporate researchers have been mining to predict and influence what we buy and for whom we vote. We have been handing over to them vast quantities of information about ourselves and our friends, loved ones and acquaintances.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: About Acquaintances Been Big Building Buy Corporate Data Facebook Friends Government Handing Influence Information Loved Loved Ones Mining Our Ourselves Over Predict Quantities Researchers Them Treasure Users Vast Vote Whom

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Facebook has never been merely a social platform. Rather, it exploits our social interactions the way a Tupperware party does. Facebook does not exist to help us make friends, but to turn our network of connections, brand preferences and activities over time - our 'social graphs' - into money for others.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Activities Been Brand Connections Does Exist Exploits Facebook Friends Help Interactions Make Merely Money Network Never Others Our Over Party Platform Preferences Rather Social Time Turn Us Way

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Facebook's successor will no doubt provide an easy 'migration utility' through which you can bring all your so-called friends with you, if you even want to.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Bring Doubt Easy Even Facebook Friends Migration No Doubt Provide So-Called Successor Through Utility Want Which Will You Your

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New content online no longer requires new stories or information, just new ways of linking things to other things. Or as the social networks might put it to you, 'Jane is now friends with Tom.' The connection has been made; the picture is getting more complete.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Been Complete Connection Content Friends Getting Information Jane Just Linking Longer Made Might More Networks New New Ways Now Online Other Picture Put Requires Social Social Networks Stories Things Tom Ways You

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I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed other interests and surrounded myself with a small group of friends I could trust.

~Douglas Wood

Topics: Became Career Could Depend Developed Friends Group Happier Interests Much Myself Other Realized Self Sense Small Small Group Solely Surrounded Trust

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