Stewart Brand Quotes
born 1938 United States
Stewart Brand (born December 14, 1938, in Rockford, Illinois) is an author, editor, and creator of The Whole Earth Catalog and CoEvolution Quarterly.
- United States
- Editors
- Environmentalists
- Journalists
- Technology writers
Also known as: Steward Brand, Stewart brand
Random Stewart Brand quote
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We are as gods and might as well get good at it.
The house and its occupants mold to each other twenty-four hours a day, and the building accumulates the record of that intimacy.
Redundancy of function is always more reliable than attempts at perfect, which time treats cruelly.
In our researches on the likely economic apocalypse it's become clear what is the prime survival tool for hard times: friends. Good friends. Lots of them.
Whole Earth Epilog (1974)
Earthrise, by William Anders, Apollo 8, 1968, the cover photo of the second and third editions.
A realm of intimate, personal power is developing - power of the individual to conduct his own education, find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested.
Whole Earth Catalog (1968)
Every interview with a public figure should include the question "What have you been wrong about, and how did that change your views?" The answer will tell us if the person is intellectually honest or a tale spinner with delusions of infallibility.
Whole Earth Discipline (2009)
At the end of his Stanford commencement speech Steve Jobs quoted the farewell message placed on the back cover of the last 1974 edition of the Whole Earth Catalog.)
Certain knowledge of what to fight for, and what to fight against, gives meaning to life and provides its own version of discipline: never give up. That kind of meaning is illusory, I now believe, and blinkered. Fealty to a mystical absolute is a formula for disaster, especially in transformative times.
Whole Earth Discipline (2009)
On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other.