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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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As a digital technology writer, I have had more than one former student and colleague tell me about digital switchers they have serviced through which calls and data are diverted to government servers or the big data algorithms they've written to be used on our e-mails by intelligence agencies.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: About Agencies Big Calls Colleague Data Digital Digital Technology Former Government Had Intelligence Intelligence Agencies Me More Our Student Technology Tell Than Through Used Which Writer Written E-Mails

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Unlike the Tea Party, who see themselves as the customers of government, people in the Occupy Wall Street movement understand that we are the government. Stated most simply, we are trying to run a 21st-century society on a 13th-century economic operating system. It just doesn't work.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Customers Economic Government Just Most Movement Occupy Occupy Wall Street Operating Operating System Party People Run See Simply Society Stated Street System Tea Tea Party Themselves Trying Understand Unlike Wall Wall Street Who Work

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Since the dawn of the Internet, I have always operated under the assumption that if the government or corporations have technological capability to do something, they are doing it - whatever the laws we happen to know about might say.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: About Always Assumption Capability Corporations Dawn Doing Government Happen Internet Know Laws Might Operated Say Since Something Technological Whatever

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Government or politics in America today is big business. Everybody makes money involving themselves in one way or the other, whether it's pollsters, whether they are policy wonks, whether they are pundits, whether they are those who believe that they must call it as they see it and then to be fair about it.

~Douglas Wilder

Topics: About America Believe Big Big Business Business Call Everybody Fair Government Involving Makes Money Must One Way Other Policy Politics Pundits See Themselves Then Those Today Way Whether Who

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In about a year's time, Elvis went from being very poor and living with his family in government housing in Memphis to all of a sudden being the biggest star in the world. Once fame hit, there was a lot of temptation and also a lot of stress.

~Drake Milligan

Topics: About Also Being Biggest Elvis Fame Family Government His Hit Housing Living Lot Memphis Once Poor Star Stress Sudden Temptation Time Very World Year

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I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and set guidelines for how shows should be rated.

~Drew Carey

Topics: Against Always Certainly Good Government Guidelines How Information More Per Rated Ratings Set Should Shows Step Think I Think

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As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything.

~Drew Carey

Topics: Actually Anything As Far As Depend Far Financial Financial Security Goals Government Life Never Personal Personal Goals Retirement Security Should Want You Your

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The Question to be considered is, Whether the Government have reason by a Law, to prohibit the taking more than 4 l. per cent Interest for Money lent, or to leave the Borrower and Lender to make their own Bargains.

~Dudley North

Topics: Bargain Borrower Cent Considered Government Interest Law Leave Lent Make Money More Own Per Prohibit Question Reason Taking Than Whether

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We have been waiting for you so that we could turn over the government.

~Duong Van Minh

Topics: Been Could Government Over Turn Waiting You

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