Mark Pesce: Quotes about time

Mark Pesce is American writer. Explore interesting quotes on time.

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“A child now entering first grade has never known a world without the Web; I want you, just for a moment, to try to imagine a world without the telephone, without electricity. It’s difficult to do, because both of these technologies are entirely commonplace, woven into the fabric of our culture so intensely it becomes nearly impossible to imagine a time before they existed. As electricity is for us, the Web will be for our children; an invisible field of knowledge that surrounds them, and infuses the entire world with instant answers to their requests. Within a generation, it won’t be important how much you can remember; that will have been replaced by how agile you are at acquiring the facts you need.”

Toys and the Playful World http://hyperreal.org/~mpesce/WIT.html

“I skipped Burning Man this year and realized something. It’s become a cult. And it’s about time we all woke up and recognized it.”

McBurners http://www.tripzine.com/listing.php?id=mcburners

“In some ways, I believe that we are moving into a post-historical period, for lack of a better term. A time when whatever functioned previously will cease to function, or at least will have to be re-thought and re-considered.”

An Afternoon with Mark Pesce: The Uncut Version http://hyperreal.org/~mpesce/interview.html