“More importantly, though, is that calling the United States a democracy is incomplete; we are a (small 'l') liberal democracy: that is not only do we elect our representatives, but we also are governed by the rule of law and the guarantee of individual rights and personal liberty. That our liberalis…”— Ben Thompson, stratechery.com
“The second [coming disruption] is telerobotics. There are a couple of well-known ones. One is the surgeon operating at a 100-kilometer distance from the patient. But you can imagine that hotel rooms in London could be cleaned by people driving robots sitting in Kenya or Buenos Aires or wherever, for…”— Eshe Nelson, Richard Baldwin, qz.com
“We shouldn’t try and protect jobs; we should protect workers. It’s really a fool’s errand to struggle with because after a year or two those jobs will still go. Either they will be replaced by robots or they’ll move to Mexico or China.”— Eshe Nelson, Richard Baldwin, qz.com
“The Trump Tax Plan Achieves These Goals 1. If you are single and earn less than $25,000, or married and jointly earn less than $50,000, you will not owe any income tax....They get a new one page form to send the IRS saying, ‘I win.'”— Donald Trump, assets.donaldjtrump.com
“President-elect Trump is right: The American people want change. But what kind of change will he be offering them? Will he have the courage to stand up to the most powerful people in this country who are responsible for the economic pain that so many working families feel, or will he turn the anger…”— Bernie Sanders, nytimes.com
“Most qualified woman in the world loses to the least qualified man in the world. In case If you were confused about what misogyny looks like.”— Sam Rosenholtz, twitter.com
“I’m sure if a woman were a godly person, I could be proud of that. But I would never be proud of Hillary. Unless she totally recanted, repented — and frankly, if she did that, she would reveal what’s she’s done, and she’d be in prison. She has a very dark side. I think Trump put it in good words, I…”— Debbie Eberly, nymag.com
“We’ve taken quite a bit of time to pray for him. We believe that Trump has made some recent changes, growing stronger in his own Christian beliefs and putting Christian people around him.”— Debbie Eberly, nymag.com
“I didn’t have a problem with the Birther issue. Frankly, I was proud that he did that.”— Debbie Eberly, nymag.com
“I am a total pro-life person. Trump is not as well informed or well educated as he should be on the issue, but I have a feeling that he will have advisers that will help him so that he understands it better.”— Barbara Nicholson, nymag.com
“It’s really ironic that someone as rich as him reaches out to the working class, but he does. You can look at a lot of people born into money who blew it away on drugs and partying, but he turned it into an empire. The working class relates to that.”— Nicole Martin, nymag.com
“What are we going to do about all this brutality upon law enforcement that is going on?”— Merchon Andersen, nymag.com
“We have become so wussified. Pretty soon, saying hello to someone is going to be considered harassment.”— Merchon Andersen, nymag.com
“I haven’t listened to the recording of what he said in 2005, because I feel like it’s so irrelevant. It was 11 years ago. We’re not voting for someone based on their character.”— Allison Doyle, nymag.com
“If women grabbed men like that, it wouldn’t be a big deal. But if men do that to women, they blow it out of proportion.”— Valerie Still, nymag.com
“If things get tough, maybe you get another little part-time job. Maybe you go to your boss and say, ‘Hey, listen, things are hard. Can I work some overtime? What can I do?”— Tina Vondran, nymag.com
“But all I hear is people are saying he likes to grope women. I’m sorry, that just hasn’t given me any doubt about my vote.”— Jane Biddick, nymag.com
“Since December, I’ve done very little reading. I’ve heard little snippets here and there on the radio, and I don’t watch TV. I’m just going on what I have at the gut.”— Jane Biddick, nymag.com