- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
Information Quotes
What we know, how we get it, and who controls it.
These information quotes span a wartime account of physicists comparing notes across borders, a case for treating the internet as more than just open access to ideas, and technical descriptions of how scientists actually gather data, from nuclear radiation measurements to brain tissue analysis. See Internet for the modern angle on this theme.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
The private sector is the key player in cyber security. Private sector companies are the primary victims of cyber intrusions. And they also possess the information, the expertise, and the knowledge to address cyber intrusions and cyber crime in general.
- Disclosure
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- Nov 07, 2020
A leak is an unauthorized disclosure of classified or sensitive information that is improper under any circumstance.
- Classified Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the record, in my long career, I've never knowingly exposed classified information in an inappropriate manner.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's remarkably easy to dig up enormous amounts of information about individuals, without their consent.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
You need to recognize that the copyright date on a book reflects when it came out, not when it was written - assume that the information in the book is at least a year older than the copyright date, and possibly two.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Public policy is a study in imperfection. It involves imperfect people, with imperfect information, facing deeply imperfect choices - so it's not surprising that they're getting imperfect results.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
At this point, I'm just grinding through it, trying to establish strikes in the zone with my pitches, using some information the opposition gives me, and kind of moving forward in that regard.
- Economic System
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- Nov 07, 2020
The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market.
- Foreign Land
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- Nov 07, 2020
To prepare for the future, we must be willing to test new concepts. This means we must acquire enough information to evaluate these concepts and not be like travelers in a foreign land who compare everything with their own hometown.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seven is more than a lucky number or a famous baseball player's uniform. It's the brain's natural shepherd, herding vast amounts of information into manageable chunks.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Governments want to control information. To do this, they have elaborate systems for promoting themselves via propaganda departments and for ensuring confidentiality with official-secrets laws. There are good reasons for these: people need information, and national security deserves secrecy.
- Dealers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite all the Internet has done to make prices transparent and bibliographic information universal, you can still find - at book sales and thrift shops, auctions and even fancy dealers - unrecognized or underpriced rarities. Getting something valuable for cheap is the basic, greedy thrill of book collecting.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no longer any anonymity on the Web - unless we mandate it. The most personal information about your online habits is collected, bought and sold, often instantaneously and invisibly. Data collection is a business driven by profits at consumers' expense.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems like WikiLeaks has better information on Hillary Clinton than she does herself.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020