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A review by michplunkett
Microserfs by Douglas Coupland
4.0
Quotable quotes:
- “I used to care about how other people thought I led my life. But lately I've realized that most people are too preoccupied with their own lives to give anybody else even the scantiest of thoughts.”
- “What is human behavior, except trying to prove that we're not animals?”
- “It's starts out young- you try not be different just to survive- you try to be just like everyone else- anonymity becomes reflexive- and then one day you wake up and you've become all those other people- the others- the something you aren't. And you wonder if you can ever be what it is you really are. Or you wonder if it's too late to find out.”
- “It's like male geeks don't know how to deal with real live women, so they just assume it's a user interface problem. Not their fault. They'll just wait for the next version to come out- something more "user friendly.”
- “What is the search for the next great compelling application but a search for the human identity?”
- “In the spirit of Ethan's neurosis, we made a drywall list of keyboard buttons we would like to see: PLEASE, THANK YOU, FUCK OFF, DIE, OOPS...MY MISTAKE, DO SOMETHING COOL AND SURPRISE ME .”
- "You know how it is here - singles overwork to make themselves shine, but the *Marrieds* become the managers and move up the ladder more quickly, Elearnor Rigbys need not apply."
- “I used to care about how other people thought I led my life. But lately I've realized that most people are too preoccupied with their own lives to give anybody else even the scantiest of thoughts.”
- “What is human behavior, except trying to prove that we're not animals?”
- “It's starts out young- you try not be different just to survive- you try to be just like everyone else- anonymity becomes reflexive- and then one day you wake up and you've become all those other people- the others- the something you aren't. And you wonder if you can ever be what it is you really are. Or you wonder if it's too late to find out.”
- “It's like male geeks don't know how to deal with real live women, so they just assume it's a user interface problem. Not their fault. They'll just wait for the next version to come out- something more "user friendly.”
- “What is the search for the next great compelling application but a search for the human identity?”
- “In the spirit of Ethan's neurosis, we made a drywall list of keyboard buttons we would like to see: PLEASE, THANK YOU, FUCK OFF, DIE, OOPS...MY MISTAKE, DO SOMETHING COOL AND SURPRISE ME .”
- "You know how it is here - singles overwork to make themselves shine, but the *Marrieds* become the managers and move up the ladder more quickly, Elearnor Rigbys need not apply."