The assessment report of the Europeans was vough; it was exact and precise, but that wasn’t enough to settle the question. The choice of which clan to join had to be right for the community; it had to be mimi. (Location 3051)
We don’t normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology, which means that a literate person is someone whose thought processes are technologically mediated. We became cognitive cyborgs as soon as we became fluent readers, and the consequences of that were profound. (Location 3066)
And I think I’ve found the real benefit of digital memory. The point is not to prove you were right; the point is to admit you were wrong. (Location 3088)
