George Packer Quotes

Blogs are for anoraks who couldn't get published any other way.

A key element of Web blogs is the community element. Most blogs are not self-contained; they are highly dependent on linking to each other.

The constellation of opinion called the blogosphere consists, like the stars themselves, partly of gases. This is what makes blogs addictive - that is, both pleasurable and destructive: They're so easy to consume and so endlessly available.

The Clique: The only thing harder then getting in is staying in.

I think what's been really awesome about the Internet is the ability to reach people from so many different walks of life and stages in their life.

The blogosphere makes it possible to have a sprawling national conversation about the hard times - often among people who would never find each other offline.

Twitter is 'Black Twitter'. That is a brand that 'Black Twitter' has given itself. That's where the hashtags happen... where the excitement is.

My generation has a hard time being genuine and enthusiastic. There's a lot of irony in our culture.

I probably don't have any more of a bigger following on the Internet than anybody else does - I just probably have a stranger one.

No one even has to leave their computer to find cool and interesting people to hang out with. Everyone is online in some form.

Twitter is a cesspool but I find I can ignore most of the cess most of the time.

Contempt, thought Tyrion, the universal tongue.

Twitter is an amazing thing, because people follow each other and they can make friends.

Discord says it's a good idea. That's comforting.

How lawyers make work for one another! You're all priests, worshipping the same god. No wonder you adore one another.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

I think social media is a great place to share ideas and to connect with other people.

[Oliver Wendell] Holmes never believed in the truth and morality of the laws he was upholding. He said, "I loathe the thick-fingered clowns we call the people."

Today Facebook went public, just as Myspace's last user went private.

Just think of the trust that often exists in soldiers. Within their own unit, you could say they have to trust each other. A spirit of camaraderie builds up and, in the end, they will risk their lives for each other. They may even go so far as to dehumanise the other, enemy group - a mechanism you can also observe in chimps.

I actually quite like [social media]. It's spontaneous, you don't really have to commit to it and I enjoy the interaction. Also, I have never sworn on there, not once.

The more closed the circle, the more difficult it is for 'outsiders' to break in. Their very difficulty in entering may be taken as a sign of incompetence, a sign that the insiders were right to close their ranks.

The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.

It’s a pleasure to be in a country that isn’t ruled by its people.