Clive Thompson Quotes
Tip-of-the-tongue syndrome is when people almost remember something but need a computer, or someone else, to help them find it. The problem is, our brains have always been terrible at remembering details. They were like that way before the Internet came along.
Thompson, Clive. Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better. Penguin Press, 2013.
If he had said “No” he would have been guilty of perjury and risk jail. Yet he did not want to admit that he and his company had bribed many legislators to obtain favorable legislation which was a crime then. Congress changed the system so that wealthy men and companies could legally make “campaign donations”.
Clive Thompson is a Canadian freelance journalist, blogger, and science and technology writer.
