Evgeny Morozov Quotes

I know it's very 'old media' of me to admit this, but I am often unnerved by the lack of civility on the Web.

What is not cool is if we have a problem with an artist or if an artist has a problem with us, come to us directly. Talk to us. Don't start a Twitter war and all that kind of stuff. That's silly.

In our digital age, the Golden Rule is not enforced online.

Really think about the way you interact with people, whether it's in person or on the Internet. You have to be very mindful.

Social media, to me, has got out of hand. Why can't we all be nice to each other?

Norman Parke needs to stay off of Twitter before he gets himself in a fight he can't win.

Social media is not the place to work out your problems with people.

A good marriage is different to a happy marriage.

Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.

Filtering can be a very good thing when it comes to human relationships and familial harmony. Yeah, filtering is often an absolute necessity.

I like comedy that's not political but social, dealing with issues of people talking to each other. No matter what your politics, we still have to live with each other. Politics is taking a side. I'm not running for office, you know?

When my wife gets mad at me, I remind myself that she is much smarter than I am and so I probably deserve it, even if I don't really understand it!

You grow up... you spend five years rooming with each other, and you're going to get sick of each other at times. And you're going to have some good times as well.

A really good uniformed cop has tremendous people skills, and they learn how to read people.

Hold on. It’s not a fight. It’s a discussion.

Man’s greatest advances these last few generations have been made by the application of human intelligence to the management of matter. Now we are confronted by a more difficult problem, the application of intelligence to the management of human relations.

Manners are the lubricating oil of an organization. It is a law of nature that two moving bodies in contact with each other create friction. This is as true for human beings as it is for inanimate objects.

Honestly, people are pretty chill and respectful on Twitter.

When you walk into those situations that have a lot of conflict in them, the first thing to do is to be present enough to allow the other person to speak first. You're not giving power away; you're actually allowing them to feel seen and understood.

We're always working on our communication, which is something that's important. Instead of going through managers to discuss things, we will sit down and have meetings about things. That's a process. And you have to be able to be honest with each other as much as you can.

If someone annoys you on Twitter, and they only have three friends, retweet it, then block them.

If there are differences of views or divergence of ideas, they can be resolved through discussion and dialogue.

If you disagree with the way a colleague did something, call him up, invite him out for a coffee, talk about it. But don't do it publicly.

Choose the path of dialogue rather than the path of unilateral decisions.

Communication is something we all take for granted.