24 5 / 2013
![“As malls became the cool places for kids to hang out [in the 90s], all of these freedoms we had against the government we lost in the mall, because the mall is a private company that can throw people out for saying the wrong thing or wearing the wrong shirt. Now, Facebook has kind of become the mall. It’s where everyone hangs out. And so the private company that owns Facebook can tell you, “Oh, don’t use those kinds of words, don’t use those sorts of pictures, don’t talk with those people.” All of these Constitutional rights that we take for granted are now being run by a company that doesn’t have to answer to the Constitution.” - Aaron Swartz](http://24.media.tumblr.com/e7e73cb5e6125ac7ba32b1b757676226/tumblr_mnbddl22wM1r94l23o1_500.jpg)
“As malls became the cool places for kids to hang out [in the 90s], all of these freedoms we had against the government we lost in the mall, because the mall is a private company that can throw people out for saying the wrong thing or wearing the wrong shirt. Now, Facebook has kind of become the mall. It’s where everyone hangs out. And so the private company that owns Facebook can tell you, “Oh, don’t use those kinds of words, don’t use those sorts of pictures, don’t talk with those people.” All of these Constitutional rights that we take for granted are now being run by a company that doesn’t have to answer to the Constitution.” - Aaron Swartz
11 5 / 2013
“It’s hard to really grasp that existential fact that the only commodity that is not negotiable is time.”
(via beathotel)
26 4 / 2013
This was part of my glorious 21 page senior thesis. Wes Anderson is a god among directors of our time.
(Source: ewanmcgregors, via doxysplendor)
