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… and there’s a good chance it will be used against you

Call me uncool — but that’s a trend I’m happy to share with my friends. In person.

And besides, why should we let businesses privatize our social discourse?

People screw up, and give away more than they realise

Phone up to buy a pizza, and the order-taker’s computer gives her access to your voting record, employment history, library loans — all “just wired into the system” for your convenience. She’ll suggest a tofu pizza as she knows about your 42-inch waist, she’ll add a delivery surcharge because a nearby robbery yesterday puts you in “an orange zone” — and she’ll be on her guard because you’ve checked out the library book Dealing With Depression. This is where the American Council for Civil Liberties sees consumerism going — watch its pizza video online — and it’s not to hard to believe

In 1970 the top three skills required by the Fortune 500 were the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1999 the top three skills in demand were teamwork, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills

Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside

There will be no teachers, curriculum, or separation into age groups—just six or so computers and a woman to look after the kids’ safety. His defining principle: “The children are completely in charge.”

as the kids blasted through the questions, they couldn’t help noticing that it felt easy, as if they were being asked to do something very basic.