I like to use things that didn't exist 50 years ago, or 20 years ago even.
Cloud computing is a great euphemism for centralization of computer services under one server.
WikiLeaks is what happens when the entire US government is forced to go through a full-body scanner.
If you trace the history of mankind, our evolution has been mediated by technology, and without technology it's not really obvious where we would be. So I think we have always been cyborgs in this sense.
In the past it would take you weeks, if not months, to identify how Iranian activists connect to each other. Now you know how they connect to each other by looking at their Facebook page. KGB. . . used to torture in order to get this data.
Google’s vision is tools that will do things for you.
iPod liberalism [is] where we assume that every single Iranian or Chinese who happens to have and love his iPod will also love liberal democracy.
I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.
It's my genius plan of avoiding any career momentum whatsoever. Definitely the pop-culture thing is something I've avoided in my act. It's just too transitory and ephemeral.
My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.
In order to get the worst possible first impression of Los Angeles one should arrive there by bus, preferably in summer and on a Saturday night.