Ken Auletta Quotes
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If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the elites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley.
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Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.
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The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, radio.
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I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, was certainly not cowed in covering the aftermath of Katrina.
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The entertainment industry as a whole has given more thought to the pollution of rivers than it has to the pollution of minds.
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There are those who believe a liberal or a conservative bias permeates the media. I don't. The operative press bias is one that favors conflict, not ideology, and it is lashed by a market-driven bias to boost ratings or circulation with more wow stories, more sizzle.
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Poorer people tend to watch more television because they can't afford other diversions.
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The importance of humility. We need the humility to know that truth can be ephemeral, that this can be but one version of the truth.
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An important reason Google is usually listed among the world's most trusted brands is that it conveys a sense that the user comes first.
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Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.
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Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners.
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Zuckerberg had the good sense to know both his own limitations and interests. He wanted an executive who would free him to do what he loved: code, and enhancing the Facebook platform.
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Always point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being photographed. You will appear dynamic. And no photo editor can crop you from the picture.
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There's a bias on hiring the best engineers wherever they come from. It does seem like a lot of the non-engineering execs come from Ivy League schools, as is true in much of corporate America and government.
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Stanford University is so startlingly paradisial, so fragrant and sunny, it's as if you could eat from the trees and live happily forever.
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Objective is the wrong word. Rather, it's fairness. Objectivity is a false God. Instead we should strive for fairness and transparency.
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Passion without focus can lead you astray.
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The digital revolution is almost as disruptive to the traditional media business as electricity was to the candle business.
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