In some respects, inside information is a form of financial steroid. It is unfair: it is offensive; it is unlawful; and it puts a black mark on the entire enterprise.
Gossip, in its earlier forms, contained information that was critical to survival because, in clans of 150, what happened to anyone had a direct impact on everyone.
That ability to take in your surroundings and sort out the important stuff, to be aware, to be vigilant. Then take all that information, put it together, and see if it makes sense to you.
Almost everybody I know has this sense of overdosing on information and getting dizzy living at post-human speeds.
As a designer, you have to think in time and see things in sequence. You have to see information as a narrative form - Paul Mijksenaar quoted by Kim Baer
The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.
In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators and stock pools. These people had a monopoly over information.
Evolutionary theory informs our understanding of some frankly inexcusable social behavior and renders it perfectly normal.
Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity.
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.
Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.
The result is that the same generation is in danger of growing up with 170 terabytes of knowledge and information, but not more than a few bits of wisdom.
There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.
Consumers around the world are more aware of the multiple global crises we face than ever before, thanks to information found on the Internet.
When I tweet, I try and accomplish three things. One, is to make you laugh. Two, is to inform you. Three, is to enlighten you. That's all I do.
But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses.
I know it sounds weird, but my definition of 'sexy' has changed as I've gotten older. And being smart and informed makes me feel sexier than any outfit.
The moment you inject information, education, and an entrepreneurial spark in a community, it gets empowered enough to inspire, build, and uplift itself.
As population susceptibilities are better understood, we will be in a better position than we are in today to make informed decisions about risk management.
Now, an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but, in fact, the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person.
The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.
