Cultural Change Quotes

Growing a culture requires a good storyteller. Changing a culture requires a persuasive editor.

We shouldn't confuse grief over the passing of our favorite technology with resentment because some digital alchemy failed to preserve analog experiences. Whether or not we admit it, the internet and its artifacts are not just like their cultural precedents. They're not even a rough translation -- or a strong misreading -- of those precedents.

Virginia Heffernan