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" Understanding how the media actually works is critical. Because editors depend on ignorance and media illiteracy to ply their trade. The fact that many readers expect fact checking, editorial oversight, and ethics actually makes it easier for the media to be lazy. "

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" It angers me to see armed defenders at the bottom of Lost Cause statues, adding a renewed threat of violence to icons that are themselves part of an ideology of violence and intimidation. "

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" The primary occupational hazard of blogging is this: it's easier when you yourself take on some of the traits of insanity. It's a job that requires the doer to be selfish, self-absorbed, and superficial. "

" One of the ironies of being with someone you really love for a long time is becoming completely incapable of handling stressful or difficult things by yourself. "

" What I've found in my research is that realism and self-honesty are the antidote to ego, hubris, and delusion. "

" The news as entertainment is the real danger, because the truth or accuracy of what it is reporting becomes irrelevant. "

" Online journalism has always had a sourcing problem. From using unverified 'anonymous tips' to repeating whatever rumor or speculation people are chattering about, the general ethic is, 'We'll publish just about anything.' "

" We only have so much energy for our work, for our relationships, for ourselves. A smart person understands this and guards it carefully. Meanwhile, idiots focus on marginal productivity hacks and gains while they leak out energy each passing day. "

" As I discovered in my media manipulations, the information that finds us online - what spreads - is the worst kind. It raised itself above the din not through its value, importance, or accuracy but through the opposite: through slickness, titillation, and polarity. "

" Leveraging community intelligence and making connections is a key component to being a growth hacker. "

" Every job carries occupational hazards. "

" You know what's better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life. "

" Work hard, take it seriously, embrace your ambition. And when you're not doing that, do something - whatever it happens to be - that taps into the part of you that makes you forget about all the rest of it. "

" Growth hacking isn't some proprietary technical process shrouded in secrecy. In fact, it has grown and developed in the course of very public conversations. There are no trade secrets to guard. "

" I love books. Probably too much for my own good. "

" Everyone needs to start doing interviews over email. Whether you're a journalist or a spokesperson speaking to the media, you're better off communicating questions, statements, or inquiries via email. "

" If you run a business that isn't cutting edge or doesn't naturally stick out of the crowd, it's your job to be different and get attention. "

" If it comes as a constant surprise each and every time something unexpected occurs, you're not only going to be miserable whenever you attempt something big, you're going to have a much harder time accepting it and moving on to attempts two, three, and four. "

" We often learn the hard way that our world is ruled by external factors. We don't always get what is rightfully ours, even if we've earned it. "

" Take pride in your work. But it is not all there is. "

" Our facts aren't fact; they are opinions dressed up like facts. Our opinions aren't opinions; they are emotions that feel like opinions. Our information isn't information; it's just hastily assembled symbols. "

" If the media is a farce, why should you be the only one stuck with rules and restrictions? "

" If you're shameless enough, you can sell anything. "

" People love stories; they use stories to make sense of the world. "

" Let's be clear: there was no golden age of journalism. The media has always been bad. And instead of improving, it spent a lot of time and energy making up its own myth. "

" When work impedes on sleep, poor planning is to blame - not superior will power. "

" In every job and position, there are valuable lessons to be learned. Even in a nasty, abusive, toxic workplace, you're being taught precisely how not to run an organization. "

" Reddit is like any democratic form of government - unless carefully guarded by its leaders and members, its trusts and privileges can be and often are abused. "

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